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Antibes Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception d'Antibes or Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea d'Antibes) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Antibes on the French Riviera, France. It is a listed and protected historic monument.
Antibes (/ ɒ̃ ˈ t iː b /, [3] [4] US also / ɑː n ˈ t iː b z /, [5] French: ⓘ; Occitan: Antíbol) is a seaside city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat to the northeast, is one of the best known landforms in the area.
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[1] [2] The château was seized by the revolutionary authorities during the French Revolution and was converted for use as a town hall. [3] In the early 1820s, the local military authorities decided that they needed the château for use as barracks. [4] Civic leaders therefore decided to commission a purpose-built town hall.
Cathedral of Antibes (Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea) Grasse Cathedral (Notre-Dame-du-Puy) The former French Catholic diocese of Grasse was founded in the 4th or 5th century as the diocese of Antibes. [1] It was originally suffragan to the Archbishop of Aix, and then to the Archbishop of Embrun. [2] The see moved from Antibes to Grasse in 1244.
In the 10th century, Antibes was under constant threat of attack by the Saracens, who maintained a permanent fortified settlement near Fraxinetum, near Saint-Tropez. In about 974 (sources vary regarding the exact date), the Saracens were defeated and driven from Provence by William I of Provence , who subsequently rewarded the knights who ...
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