Besancon Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint John is a Roman Catholic church placed inside the metropolis of Besancon, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Besancon. The cathedral consists of a big nave among aisles, and dates from the 11th to the 13th century. It has going through apses, each with an altar. The loss of a transept and the dealing with apses parallel the designs of contemporary German cathedrals. The Romanesque arches date from the 13th century. It does now not have a chief doorway. The choir dates to the 18th Century. Between 1127 and 1161C.E., the cathedral become rebuilt on the foundation of a basilica courting to the 9th Century.

However, in 1212, a fire destroyed its timber frame. In 1525 Erasmus of Rotterdam visited Besançon at the invitation of Ferry Carondelet. Local notables tried to trap him to stay, presenting him an allowance and a house, but Erasmus declined the provide. To the left of the doorway of the Cathedral there is the grave of Ferry Carondelet he had been canon of Saint John and abbot of the Saint Columbanus abbey in Montbenoît. The grave become made in Flanders c.1543 and the sculpture displays affects from the Italian Renaissance.