Arnaud's successor completed the transept and the towers and built the aisles in the nave in the romanesque style. The building was completed by another bishop…
A menhir made of pink granit is incorporated in a corner of the cathedral.
The building was gutted by fire only 14 years after completion in 1134.
The building was restored: the upper part of the nave was rebuilt in gothic style (with a vaulted roof) while the basis of the nave remained romanesque.
A new entrance was built in the south side in 1158.
In 1220 the apse was deemed to dark and narrow. Construction of a new apse began, leading to the extension of the cathedral atop the old city wall. The new…
This caused aesthetic heterogeneity and it was decided to also raise the transept and the nave by 10m. The raising of the south transept was completed in 1392…
The raising of the nave was studied ca. 1500 but the operation was too complex and expensive. This is why today the apse and the transept is 10m higher than…
The apse, transept and a monumental fountain.
The cathedral as it stands today.
The tower of the cathedral with illuminations by night.
The west entrance.
In 1056 the new Le Mans bishop had the older Carolingian…