St. Louis Cathedral, Fort-de-France

St. Louis Cathedral Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Fort-de-France (in French)
St. Louis Cathedral, Fort-de-France
14°36′15″N 61°4′12″W / 14.60417°N 61.07000°W / 14.60417; -61.07000
Location	Rue Blénac, Fort-de-France
Country	Martinique, France
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	martinique.catholique.fr/cathedrale-saint-louis
History
Status	Cathedral
Consecrated	1895
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Monument Historique n° PA00105958, 1990[1] The construction of the cathedral began in the mid-17th century and it opened in 1657.
Architect(s)	Pierre-Henri Picq
Architectural type	church
Style	Romanesque Revival
Groundbreaking	1891
Completed	1895
Administration
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France
Clergy
Archbishop	David Macaire

St. Louis Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Fort-de-France) is a Catholic cathedral in Martinique, an overseas department of France. It was built in the late 19th-century in the Romanesque Revival style and serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France. The church is in the downtown area of the capital Fort-de-France, at the intersection of rue Victor Schœlcher and rue Blénac.

The construction of the cathedral began in the mid-17th century and it opened in 1657. Due to natural disasters, such as fire and earthquakes, that have hit Fort-de-France over the years, the current structure dates only to 1895. It was built with an iron frame in order to withstand any further such events. It is the seventh church to be erected on the site; it was built by Pierre-Henri Picq.^[2]