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'''Gap Cathedral''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Arnoux de Gap'') is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[church architecture|church]] located in the town of [[Gap, Hautes-Alpes]], [[France]]. It is a national monument, and is the seat of the [[Bishop of Gap|Bishop of Gap and Embrun]].

The current cathedral was built between 1866 and 1905 in [[Gothic Revival architecture|Neo-Gothic style]] by architect [[Charles Laisné]] on the site of a former mediaeval cathedral.

==History==
[[File:Organ Cathedral Gap France.jpg|thumb|left|Gap Cathedral interior: organ]]
The original cathedral on the site was built around the 5th century on the ruins of a Roman temple to the God [[Apollo]]. Over the years several buildings stood at the same spot.  Forty-one different types of stone were chosen for the construction, showing [[Byzantine]] influence. [[Romanesque architecture|Roman]] and [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] styles were also chosen, as was common during this era for a sombre and harmonious feeling at the same time.

The clock tower stands at 64 meters high and contains four clocks.

Consecrated on September 2, 1895, the day of Saint-Arnoux, who was Bishop of Gap during the 11th century and is the patron saint of the Gap. The cathedral was classified as an Historical Monument on August 9, 1906.

==References and Notes==
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==External links==
{{Commons|Category:Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Arnoux de Gap|Gap Cathedral}}
* [http://www.scholares.net/index.php?Gazetteer-Gap Location]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080206094641/http://www.jedecouvrelafrance.com/f-2406.hautes-alpes-cathedrale-gap.html Pictures of the cathedral]}}

{{Catholic Church in France|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hautes-Alpes]]
[[Category:Churches in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in France]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1905]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in France]]


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