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43100 BRIOUDE
The Basilica of Saint-Julien with 74 meters long, is the largest Romanesque church of Auvergne.
Built between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, it is remarkable for its polychrome frescoes and paving stones with geometric or ornamental (roses, lilies ...)
Two windows of the church were conducted by François Baron-Renouard in 1983.
New windows were made by Father Kim In Joong 2007/2008; thirty-six and contemporary stained glass windows were created, one of the largest projects in this area of the early twenty-first century Europe.
This program complements the set of stained glass windows dating from the nineteenth century, whose lack today. It was located in the lantern and figured the glory of Saint-Julien. He was replaced by a contemporary stained glass.
The building itself consists of a nave with aisles of five span and a narthex.
The non-projecting transept has forums choir.
As a second transept porches on the wall side of the second span are also topped absidées forums.
The roundabout of the choir is surrounded by an ambulatory with radiating chapels 5.
About 500 are carved capitals.