Vienne Cathedral, Medieval Roman Catholic cathedral in Vienne, France

Vienne Cathedral is a Gothic west facade added between the 14th and 16th centuries to a Romanesque and Gothic church. It has two towers, a large rose-and-lancet window, and three Flamboyant portals whose tympana and niches were destroyed in 1562; the carved voussoirs survive. The facade stands at the top of a staircase at one end of Place Saint-Maurice.

Construction began in 1130 and continued across several generations before Pope Innocent IV consecrated the building in 1251. The long building process left behind different phases that can be read in the structure today.

The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Maurice, whose name it bears since its consecration by Pope Innocent IV in 1251. The tympana and niche sculptures of the facade were destroyed by Huguenot troops in 1562, but the carved archivolts survive: the south portal shows musicians and prophets, the north portal is dedicated to the Virgin with choristers, and the central portal depicts Old and New Testament scenes with statues of Ecclesia and Synagoga.

The cathedral is in the heart of Vienne's old town and easy to reach on foot from most of the town's other points of interest. Weekdays tend to be quieter and offer a more comfortable visit than weekends when tour groups arrive.

In 1311, the Council of Vienne gathered here under Pope Clement V and voted to dissolve the Knights Templar. That decision, taken inside these walls, changed the balance of power across medieval Europe.