Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Nantes

The Basilica of Saint Nicholas (French: Basilique Saint-Nicolas de Nantes) is a minor basilica in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, historically in Brittany. The present church is a Gothic Revival structure built during the years 1844 to 1869^[1] on the site of a mediaeval parish church largely rebuilt in the late 18th century. Because of the constrained site in the centre of the old city, the church is oriented north-south rather than the traditional east-west.^[2] The building was severely damaged in World War II in the Allied bombardment of 16 September 1943.^[3] Structural repairs were not completed until 1978.^[4] It was declared a minor basilica by Pope Leo XIII on 26 October 1882.^[5]

The Gothic Revival furnishings were registered as a monument historique on 20 November 1985, the church itself on 6 November 1986.^[4]

References

^ Gilles Bienvenu, Alain Croix and Marcel Launay, "Saint-Nicolas", in Dominique Amouroux (dir.), Alain Croix (dir.), Thierry Guidet (dir.), Didier Guyvarc'h (dir.) et al., Dictionnaire de Nantes, Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2013, 1119 p. (ISBN 9782753528215), pp. 902-904
^ Francis Legouais, Les édifices religieux de la paroisse Saint-Nicolas à travers les âges, Les Annales de Nantes et du pays nantais, Nantes, Société académique de Nantes et de la Loire-Atlantique, nos 171-172, 1974, pp. 5-12 (ISSN 0991-7179)
^ Paul Caillaud, Les Nantais sous les bombardements: 1941-1944, Aux Portes du Large, 1947, 236 p. (BNF 34200986), p. 100
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Base Merimee: Eglise Saint-Nicolas
^ Archives de la Paroisse Saint-Nicolas-de-Nantes (résumé introductif) - Sous-série P-St-Nicolas Nantes (1737-2002) (online version)

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[1] Gilles Bienvenu, Alain Croix and Marcel Launay, "Saint-Nicolas", in Dominique Amouroux (dir.), Alain Croix (dir.), Thierry Guidet (dir.), Didier Guyvarc'h (dir.) et al., Dictionnaire de Nantes, Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2013, 1119 p. (ISBN 9782753528215), pp. 902-904

[2] Francis Legouais, Les édifices religieux de la paroisse Saint-Nicolas à travers les âges, Les Annales de Nantes et du pays nantais, Nantes, Société académique de Nantes et de la Loire-Atlantique, nos 171-172, 1974, pp. 5-12 (ISSN 0991-7179)

[3] Paul Caillaud, Les Nantais sous les bombardements: 1941-1944, Aux Portes du Large, 1947, 236 p. (BNF 34200986), p. 100

[basem-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Base Merimee: Eglise Saint-Nicolas

[5] Archives de la Paroisse Saint-Nicolas-de-Nantes (résumé introductif) - Sous-série P-St-Nicolas Nantes (1737-2002) (online version)

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