Cavaillon Cathedral, Former cathedral in Cavaillon, France.
Cavaillon Cathedral is a former episcopal church in Cavaillon, southern France, built in the Romanesque style with round arches, thick stone walls, and sturdy columns. Attached to the nave is a small cloister that shows several distinct building phases side by side.
The church was built between the 11th and 13th centuries as the seat of the Bishop of Cavaillon, a role it held until 1801 when the diocese was merged into that of Avignon. Since then it has served as a parish church for the town.
The church bears the name of both the Virgin Mary and Saint Veran, whose veneration remains part of local practice today. Visitors often notice votive candles lit for both figures throughout the interior.
The building is an active parish church, so visiting outside of service times makes it easier to look around the interior without interruption. The cloister is accessible from the nave and can be explored without a long walk.
The cloister contains columns from different centuries placed side by side, showing how successive builders responded to earlier work. Some capitals are plain and geometric while others carry figurative carvings, making the contrast between building phases immediately visible.
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