Nantes Cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul
*Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul*
Cathedral of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul; Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
	Nantes Cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Province	Diocese of Nantes
Rite	Roman
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Status	Completed
Location
Location	Nantes, France
Geographic coordinates	47°13′05″N 1°33′03″W / 47.2180°N 1.5508°W
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Gothic (Late Gothic Flamboyant), Romanesque
Groundbreaking	1434
Completed	1891

Nantes Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes), is a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral located in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Construction began in 1434, on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, and took 457 years to finish in 1891. It has been listed since 1862 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.^[1]

^ Base Mérimée: PA00108654, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Cathédrale Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul