CATHÉDRALE
Le monument est le témoin d’un long passé: Ancien sanctuaire dédié à saint Pierre à l’époque mérovingienne, église consacrée à saint Solenne au 12e siècle, elle connaît une importante campagne de reconstruction au 16e siècle sous l’impulsion royale.
En 1678, un ouragan s’engouffre et soulève la charpente détruisant ainsi une partie de l’édifice. Grâce à l’intervention de Colbert, dont la femme était blésoise,. Louis XIV finance la reconstruction conduite par son architecte Poictevin dans un style gothique. Elle est érigée cathédrale en 1697, sous le vocable de Saint-Louis.

The church bears witness to a long history. The original chapel was dedicated to St. Peter in the Merovingian period and then to St. Solenne in the 12th century. Royal patronage in the 16th century led to major reconstruction.
In 1678, a hurricane forced its way inside and lifted the roof off. destroying part of the building. Thanks to the intervention of Colbert, whose wife came from Blois, Louis XIV funded the reconstruction which was carried out under the direction of his architect Poictevin in the Gothic style. The church became a cathedral in 1697 and was dedicated to St. Louis.

[Emblem of the Blois Municipality]
[Logo of Les directions régionales des affaires culturelles]
[old logo of Villes et Pays d’art et d’histoire]

A sign from the series of signs describing historical places in the city of Blois
The sign depicts the Blois Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral built in the Gothic style at the beginning of the 18th century.

The cathedral is designated a historical heritage site of France

The cathedral was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image