Saintes Cathedral
Saintes Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Saintes) is a former Catholic church located in Saintes, France. The cathedral is a national monument. It was formerly the seat of the Bishop of Saintes, a diocese abolished under the Concordat of 1801, when its territory was reallocated, mostly to the Diocese of La Rochelle. The previous cathedral was built here in the 12th century. Little remains of this building apart from a Romanesque arm and the crossing of the transept.