Concathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Bourguet - Forcalquier (Provence), France CRW_6472rta
Forcalquier's church had its status raised to that of co-cathedral in the 11th century, when political intrigue left the bishop unable to take his seat at the diocese's original cathedral in nearby Sisteron.
The current church was begun in the early 1200's, replacing the former Romanesque style building with this one, done in what was then the ''new'' Gothic style.
Its organ, by Pierre Marchand, was installed in 1627; numerous additions, renovations and rebuilds have occurred since, however, and the present organ-case, designed by Prosper Moitessier, dates to 1847.
Concathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Bourguet - Forcalquier (Provence), France CRW_6472rta
Forcalquier's church had its status raised to that of co-cathedral in the 11th century, when political intrigue left the bishop unable to take his seat at the diocese's original cathedral in nearby Sisteron.
The current church was begun in the early 1200's, replacing the former Romanesque style building with this one, done in what was then the ''new'' Gothic style.
Its organ, by Pierre Marchand, was installed in 1627; numerous additions, renovations and rebuilds have occurred since, however, and the present organ-case, designed by Prosper Moitessier, dates to 1847.