" The cathedral of Nantes is one of the nine cathedrals of Brittany ", underlines the cultural institute of Brittany, which wishes to take part in the restoration of " this high place of the history of Brittany ". As of today, the institute therefore opened a kitty on the helloasso.com site, launching a call for donations to restore Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul cathedral in Nantes.
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" It is also a way of showing the solidarity of the Bretons ", explains the institute. " The donations will be donated in full to the organization in charge of the restoration work " specifies the institute which wishes to recreate the stained glass identically " in view of their symbolic and historical value ".
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Indeed if the tombs of Duke François II and Marguerite de Foix, the parents of Anne of Brittany, were spared by the flames, the stained glass windows, which dated from 1498 and which represented in particular the Duchess Anne of Brittany, as well as the large organ dating from the seventeenth century, were destroyed during the fire on Saturday, July 18.