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Saint-Piat chapel entrance and staircase - 1/2

Many illustrators and photographers have taken an interest in this part of the ambulatory – where you can feel the special atmosphere.
In this first part, we present the current layout. In the second part, we’ll take a look back at the 19th century.

View of the ambulatory and the three radiating chapels: Confessors (Ecumenical Chapel), Apostles (Axial Chapel), Martyrs (Chapel of the Virgin’s Veil) © Cliché François Delauney – rights reserved.
The circular staircase was created around 1910, on the initiative of the architect of historic monuments – detail.
Reflection on the pavement.
View of the ambulatory – from the north side.
Oil painting – anonymous, circa 1930. Some women at prayer.
Oil painting – anonymous, circa 1920.
Ink/Pencil – Charles Pinet (1867-1932) was a pupil of Gustave Moreau. He produced several interior drawings of the cathedral, whose figures, seen from a distance, sensitively evoke the spiritual life lived there on a daily basis.