Cattedrale di Mende

One highlight of my first trip to France

When I went to Mende in 1957 I was with a college friend and we were traveling around France on a Vespa. Yes, I was only 19. We got off our route and arrived at Mende by chance. We drove across the hu...

Beautiful Roman Gothic cathedral with a far better accoustic thatn Notre Dame Paris

Despite what 10Alcapa10 may write, there is no need to pay for lighting. The organ is phenomenal, so is its acoustic. Unfortunately whoever is in charge does not see the need to conduct concerts ther...

Mende and its stunning cathedral !

I imagine the situation in the C16 when a peasant would have walked into the bowl that contains Mende and seen the cathedral soaring above the valley . Compared to his one-storey mud-hut this must hav...

Unusual and attractive

Very nice cathedral, red sandstone which is unusual and inside it is plain but quite beautiful. Once you have paid for the lighting (!) there are some nice chapels with magnificent paintings and scu...

Catedral y Mercado de comida

Ibamos de viaje camino de Ginebra desde Toulouse, y paramos a desayunar y Oh! sorpresa, un mercado de comida alrededor de la catedral de Mende, frutas, carnes, pollos asados.. y hasta paella. La caedr...