Nantes Cathedral

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Cathedral of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Nantes Cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Province	Diocese of Nantes
Rite	Roman
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Status	Completed
Location
Location	Nantes, France
Geographic coordinates	47°13′05″N 1°33′03″W / 47.2180°N 1.5508°W / 47.2180; -1.5508
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Gothic (Late Gothic Flamboyant), Romanesque
Groundbreaking	1434
Completed	1891

Nantes Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes), is a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral located in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Construction began in 1434, on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, and took 457 years to finish in 1891. It has been listed since 1862 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.^[1]