The Cathedrals/Churches of France (Part One: In Dijon)

You’d be a fool not to visit some cathedrals while in France, or Europe in general. Then again, you’d be a fool to visit all of them as well. France is covered with beautiful churches. While riding on a train through the countryside if you see a few buildings you will no doubt also see a beautiful little chapel with a steeple towering over the other small stone buildings surrounding it. I’ll admit, I had a bit of church fatigue after the first few, but they all have their own appeal, and we did see cathedrals that were built in different centuries and in different architectural modes, so that kept things interesting. When visiting the more impressive Cathedrals it is a good rule of thumb that if you can’t remember the name it is most likely called Notre Dame: Our Lady looks over much of France.

Photos of the Church of Notre Dame:

It was located very near the hotel we stayed in so we enjoyed this impressive site most of times when we ventured out.

This Notre Dame was built in the early thirteenth century in the Burgundian Gothic style, which I guess means you can expect these guys.

Impressive. Gorgeous. All of these things.

Looking up is suggested.

What is seen in the act of looking up.

A couple photos from St. Michel:

St. Philibert

This one is all sorts of old. 11th century.

The church is currently being restored, as is most of France. Every city we went to had obviously ancient buildings with scaffolding set up all around them— I’m not sure if they start primarily when the tourist season (summer) has ended or if the projects are continuous.

Cathedrale St-Benigne: We didn’t actually go inside this one since Mass was going on when we went by.