Condom Cathedral, Gothic cathedral in Condom, France.
Saint-Pierre Cathedral is a Gothic cathedral in the heart of Condom, in southwestern France, with a square bell tower and buttresses supporting a broad nave. The clerestory windows are filled with grisaille glass that spreads a soft, even light through the interior.
Construction began in 1506 on a site where an earlier church had stood before being demolished in 1368. After the bell tower collapsed, the building went through a major reconstruction that gave it its current appearance.
The west portal carries carved figures of the Four Evangelists in its tympanum, visible to anyone who stops to look up at the entrance. Inside the choir vault, stone bosses show musical angels that reward a slow upward glance.
The cathedral stands on a hill in central Condom, close to the Baïse River, and is easy to reach on foot from the surrounding streets. It also sits along one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela, so walkers often pass through on their way south.
Inside, an original stone pulpit with a carved canopy survives from the first phase of construction, which is rare for a building of this age. A neo-Gothic openwork screen from 1844 stands nearby, separating the choir from the ambulatory.
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