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Cathedral Saint-Pierre Paul et André is a remarkable piece of French religious and architectural heritage. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Cathedral Saint-Pierre Paul et André
In the mountain town of Saint-Claude, deep in the Jura, the cathedral of Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul and Saint-André is the former abbey church of a once-powerful monastery, rebuilt in Gothic style from the 14th century. Its sober grey exterior, set against the wooded slopes of the high Jura, gives little hint of its greatest treasure: a magnificent set of 15th-century carved oak choir stalls, among the finest in France, whose misericords and panels teem with lively, sometimes humorous scenes of daily life and imagination. Long a great pilgrimage centre, Saint-Claude retains an air of alpine solemnity. Set amid the forests and gorges of the Haut-Jura, rich in medieval woodcarving and monastic history, the cathedral of Saint-Claude is a dignified and rewarding monument at the heart of the Jura mountains.