Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Troyes

Troyes

Built over more than four centuries from 1200 on the site of a first cathedral of the 5th century, destroyed by the Norman fire of 890 then rebuilt in Romanesque style before a new disaster in 1188. It was in this building that the Treaty of Troyes was signed on 21 May 1420: an agreement that named the King of England, Henry V, heir to the crown of France on the death of Charles VI, in return for his marriage to Catherine of Valois — a pivotal episode of the Hundred Years' War, later undone by the victories of Joan of Arc. Its 1,500 m² of stained glass, including the famous Mystic Wine Press painted by the Troyes master glazier Linard Gontier in 1625, make it one of the richest ensembles in France: the Aube alone is said to hold nearly a tenth of all the stained glass in the world.

Getting there : Free admission

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