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Capestang - Collegiate Church of Saint-Étienne

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:37:22 +0000

The town's name derives from Latin "caput stagnum" - referring to the fact that the town sat at the head of a large saline and shallow lake

The crusading armies passed the town after the sack of Béziers in 1209 en route for Carcassonne - and in 1356 suffered under the armee of 1356 Edward the Black Prince.

The massive Collegiate Church of Saint-Étienne dominates Capestang. A Romanesque church from the 11th century was replaced in the 13th/14th centuries by the Gothic collegiate church, which was never completed due to the plague and lack of funds.

Capestang - Collegiate Church of Saint-Étienne

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:19:20 +0000

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Capestang - Collegiate Church of Saint-Étienne (PiP)

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:00:02 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

The town's name derives from Latin "caput stagnum" - referring to the fact that the town sat at the head of a large saline and shallow lake

The crusading armies passed the town after the sack of Béziers in 1209 en route for Carcassonne - and in 1356 suffered under the armee of 1356 Edward the Black Prince.

The massive Collegiate Church of Saint-Étienne dominates Capestang.
A Romanesque church from the 11th century was replaced in the 13th/14th centuries by the Gothic collegiate church, which was never completed due to the plague and lack of funds.

Capestang - Collégiale Saint-Étienne

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:42:03 +0000

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The huge Collégiale Saint-Étienne dominates Capestang. A Romanesque church from the 11th century got replaced by the Gothic Collégiale in the 13th/14th century, that due to the plague and lack of funds never got completed.