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As Tulle is in the news today, herewith a brief consideration of its originally twelfth- and thirteenth-century cathédrale Notre-Dame, starting with an illustrated, French-language page on this church (begun as an _abbatiale_; the diocese was first erected in 1317):
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cath%C3%A9drale_Notre-Dame_de_Tulle
As one may infer from these views, the church is now somewhat truncated:
http://tinyurl.com/392cbat
http://tinyurl.com/6vppvks
The loss of the choir and transept is said to have occurred in 1796. This plan shows the outline of the missing sections:
http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=95990
Further exterior views of the church:
http://tinyurl.com/ccuzvhe
http://tinyurl.com/7vsqu2a
http://tinyurl.com/3aabzpv
http://tinyurl.com/cjryyaw
http://tinyurl.com/727mzdy
Views of the interior:
http://tinyurl.com/7nzco99
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biron-philippe/6192774771/lightbox/
Views of the exterior and the interior (the set at the Structurae site):
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/photos.cfm?id=s0018802
Views of the cloister:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biron-philippe/6196314482/lightbox/
http://tinyurl.com/6vcwspw
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4398654498_6708b3bced_o.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/386bxoo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biron-philippe/6196314470/lightbox/
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6168/6195873713_5b173eca3c.jpg
A view of the chapter house:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biron-philippe/6198493689/lightbox/
Best,
John Dillon
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