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Why visit Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Nantes
The Basilica of Saint Nicholas is a minor basilica in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, historically in Brittany. The present church is a Gothic Revival structure built during the years 1844 to 1869 on the site of a medieval parish church largely rebuilt in the late 18th century.
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Nantes, France
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Cathedral
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The Basilica of Saint Nicholas is a minor basilica in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, historically in Brittany. The present church is a Gothic Revival structure built during the years 1844 to 1869 on the site of a medieval parish church largely rebuilt in the late 18th century. Because of the constrained site in the centre of the old city, the church is oriented north-south rather than the traditional east-west. The building was severely damaged in World War II in the Allied bombardment of 16 September 1943. Structural repairs were not completed until 1978. It was declared a minor basilica by Pope Leo XIII on 26 October 1882. The Gothic Revival furnishings were registered as a monument historique on 20 November 1985, the church itself on 6 November 1986.
“The Basilica of Saint Nicholas is a minor basilica in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, historically in Brittany. The present church is a Gothic Revival structure built during the years 1844 to 1869 on the site of a medieval parish church largely rebuilt in the late 18th century.”
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