Lodève Cathedral, Gothic cathedral in Lodève, France

Lodève Cathedral is a former Roman Catholic cathedral in Lodève, Hérault, built in the southern French Gothic style. Its choir is a single broad vessel ending in a polygonal apse of nine bays with nine windows 12 metres high, extended west by a three-aisled nave. A bell tower over 57 metres tall stands on the south side, and the main portal opens on the north under a porch.

The first cathedral on the site dates from the late 4th century, when the Diocese of Lodève was founded. In the 10th century Bishop Fulcran rebuilt or enlarged it and consecrated it on 6 October 975. The Gothic building was begun with the apse around 1265–1270; the nave was vaulted in the 15th century. The dedication to Saint Genesius of Arles was gradually supplanted by Saint Fulcran, associated with him in the 15th century and dominant by the 17th.

The cathedral was first dedicated to Saint Genesius of Arles, a clerk beheaded in 303; his martyrdom is carved on the keystone of the apse vault. Saint Fulcran, bishop of Lodève in the 10th century, was associated with him in the 15th century and replaced him as patron around the 17th century. The bell tower carries four large high-relief statues of diocesan saints: Michael the Archangel, Genesius, either Florus or Amand, and Fulcran.

The main portal sits in the middle of the north side, sheltered by a porch, not on the west front. The west front has no tower; it carries a rose window and a wall-walk. The bell-tower, over 57 metres tall, stands opposite the portal on the south side and once served as a watch-tower.

The bell tower, finished around 1320, rises over 57 metres and also served as a watch-tower. Four large high-relief statues decorate it, showing saints venerated in the diocese: Michael the Archangel, Genesius of Arles, either Florus or Amand, and Fulcran.