In the year 1096, the Pope Urbain II blesses the materials of the ancient church, of which remains only the nave with the form of barrel vault, unfortunately very much damaged.
The basilica was finished in the first third of the XII-th century and still remains an architectural success on the whole.
Saint-Nazaire is a harmonious miscellany of the Roman and Gothic art.
The stained glass windows of Saint-Nazaire dating from the XIII-th and XIV-th century are so superb that they are considered as the most beautiful ones of the South of France.
Splendid statues reminding those of the city of Reims and of Amiens decorate the circumference of the middle.
You can also admire the grave of the bishop Pierre de Rochefort, the stone called "Pierre du Siège", the gravestone of the knight Simon de Montfort, the polychromatic pieta of the XVI-th century as well as one of the most important and most ancient organs in the south of France.
Saint-Nazaire lost its title of cathedral to the benefit of the church belonging to the downtown "Saint Michel".
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