Montpellier - Cathedral Saint-Pierre

.. as seen from the "Kodak-Point", as most photos show this western facade. Pope Urban V, whom "we met" in the Lodeve a couple of times earlier this year, founded a monastry here in 1364. When episcopal see was moved from nearby Maguelonne to Montpellier in 1536 the church of this monastry became cathedral. Then came the Wars of Religion. The church got strong fortifications, but after sieges, massacres, lootings, iconoclasms and bombardements there were only ruins left, when the last towers collapsed in 1567. Rebuilding started (by the order of the King) within the 17th century, last addons where done late 19th century.