Toulon Cathedral

Toulon Cathedral additionally referred to as Sainte Marie Majeure is a Roman Catholic Church positioned in Toulon, inside the Var branch of France. The cathedral is a countrywide monument. Construction of the church started within the 11th century and completed within the 18th century. From the 5th century onwards, it became the seat of the Bishops of Toulon and considering the fact that 1957 has been the ecclesiastical seat of the Diocese of Frejus Toulon. The first cathedral at Toulon existed inside the 5th century, but no trace of it remains.

The present building turned into all started in 1096 with the aid of Gilbert, Count of Provence, in step with way of life in gratitude for his safe return from the Crusades. The first 3 travees or bays of the nave continue to be from the Romanesque 11th century church and the present Chapel of Saint Joseph became initially the choir apse. The Chapel of Relics becomes constructed inside the 15th century. In the wintry weather of 1543 to 1544 the cathedral, the biggest constructing within the town, changed into temporarily transformed into a mosque for the 30,000 group members of the ships of the Ottoman Barbary admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, at that time an ally of Francis I of France.