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Grenoble - cathédrale Notre Dame

City: Grenoble is a city in the South-East of France. The city is situated at the foot of the Alps, where the rivers Drac and Isère join together. Its origins go back to a Celtic tribe, the Allobroges, who had a settlement here. The Romans named the place Cularo in 43 AD. The city walls were built in the year 286, under Emperor Diocletian. Emperor Flavius Gratian visited the city and was so touched by the reception of the people that he made it a Roman city. The name was changed to Gratianopolis. The name changed again several times: in the 14th century to Greynovol and later to Greynoble – forming the basis for the current name. After the French Revolution the city was briefly known as Grelibre. It was Napoleon who finally gave it back its current name. Today Grenoble is a metropolis. There are no less than 156,793 people (2007) living here. In the suburbs of Grenoble there are 532,746 people.

Building: the Cathedral Notre-Dame, a church with a complicate building history from the Carolingian time till today, is used by the Roman Catholic Church. This church is described as church with a nave existing in 5 parts. The Chapel St. Hugues, to the left of the entrance, is from the 13th century.

Object: In this church God's name can be found up to five times. Band of Images 1: side-altar on the left. Band of Images 2: another side altar on the left. What is unusual is that it is placed upside down! Band of Images 3: on the wooden pulpit chair, an assembly in heaven and the divine name is also cleverly placed. Band of Images 4 and 5: in the Chapel St. Hugues, in wrought iron at the altar.

 

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