Editing Cherbourg (section)

====Religious monuments====
[[File:FranceNormandieCherbourgBasiliqueTrinite.jpg|thumb|right|The {{Interlanguage link|Basilica of Sainte-Trinité of Cherbourg|fr|3=Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg|lt=Basilica of Sainte-Trinité}}.]]
[[File:Eglise ND du Voeu Cherbourg1.jpg|thumb|right|The Church of Notre-Dame-du-Vœu.]]

The {{Interlanguage link|Abbey of Notre-Dame-du-Vœu|fr|3=Abbaye Notre-Dame du Vœu}} was founded in 1145, on the coast of [[Équeurdreville-Hainneville|Équeurdreville]], at the ''Croûte du Homet'', by [[Empress Matilda]]. Located outside the city walls, it was regularly looted and burned during the incessant Anglo-French battles, then during the [[French Wars of Religion|Wars of Religion]]. Subject to the regime of a [[commendatory abbot]] in 1583, it declined until its closure in 1774. Its lands were annexed in 1778 for the construction of the [[Cherbourg Naval Base|military port]], and it became the residence of the [[François-Henri d'Harcourt|Duke of Harcourt]], who sheltered the King in 1786. The place was then transformed into a hospital, into a [[Bagne de Cherbourg|prison]], and into the Martin des Pallières Barracks for the [[Marines|marine infantry]].

The [[company town]] of Chantereyne was built in 1928, until its destruction in June 1944. Bought by the Town Hall in 1961, the Abbey has been slowly restored since 1965. The smokestack of the Abbey House (16th century) is kept in the council room of the city hall, the west portal of the Church (13th century) is placed in the {{Interlanguage link|Jardin public de Cherbourg|fr|3=Jardin public de Cherbourg|lt=public garden}}. The remains of Martin des Pallières barracks were classified in 1913, then all of the buildings, remains and soil of the abbey, in September 2002. The grave slab of Guillaume de Margerai, priest of [[Querqueville]], who died in the 1280s, uncovered, has been classified as an [[Monument historique|historic monument]] since 1995.

The {{Interlanguage link|Basilica of Sainte-Trinité of Cherbourg|fr|3=Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg|lt=Basilica of Sainte-Trinité}}, begun in the 11th century at the request of [[William the Conqueror]], remained the only parish church of the city until the 19th century. The stately church dedicated to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Our Lady]] in the castle was destroyed along with the fortress, in the 17th century. The Trinité was enlarged and transformed significantly in the 13th century, the [[nave]] was rebuilt, the [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] and the bell tower is recorded from after 1450. After a rampage by January 1794, it had added a new square bell tower {{convert|26|m|ft|abbr=on}} in 1828 and restored in neo-[[Gothic architecture#Flamboyant arch|flamboyant]] style in 1865. Registered as a historical monument since March 1944, Trinité has a rich religious furniture, including a high [[altar]] of 1809, a wood [[pulpit]] carved by {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Fréret|fr}} (1767), a [[retable]] of [[Armand Fréret]] (1814) and the great [[Pipe organ|organs]] by [[Aristide Cavaillé-Coll|Cavaillé-Coll]].

The church of Notre-Dame du Roule was built at the foot of the ''Montagne du Roule'' between 1832 and 1842 under the leadership of the "poet-Barber" Michel Legoupil and by the subscription of the faithful of the peripheral quarters of Roule which grew, such as the districts of the Vœu and the Polle.

The church of Notre-Dame-du-Vœu, begun in 1850 on subscription of the parishioners and in the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style due to the scarcity of resources, was erected on a pasture, known as ''les briques'', offered by Mr. de Virandeville. In 1855, the municipality completes the nave inaugurated in 1852 by a [[transept]] and a more ornate choir, and in 1862 the façade and two bell towers. A work of {{convert|61.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length, the church houses a large organ by Duputel (1885), classified as a historic monument since 1990 and the stained glass windows of 1834, 1858–60 and 1949–58.<ref name="jeanxxii">{{cite web|url=http://catholique-cherbourg.cef.fr/jeanXXIII/culte.php|title=Lieux de cultes - Paroisse Jean-XXII|work=doyenné de Cherbourg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210320/http://catholique-cherbourg.cef.fr/jeanXXIII/culte.php|archive-date=20 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The Church of Saint-Clément was built within the quarter of the Val-de-Saire, facing the Pasteur hospital, between June 1853 and 1856 by the architect of the city, Geufroy. {{convert|52|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, it is of Greco-Roman inspiration, with a porch in the triangular pediment supported by four columns with [[Doric order|Doric]] [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]]. It houses the altars of the Virgin (1863) by François Fréret and Saint-Clément (1864) by Louis-Victor Fréret, acquired from the Basilica of Sainte-Trinité in 1846, an organ (1881), painting of the [[twelve apostles]] (1935) the Rock of Césigné and stained glass (1953) of Mauméjean.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/tourisme_decouverte/architecture_parc_et_jard/patrimoine_architectural/leglise_saint-clement/default.asp|title=L'église Saint-Clément|work=ville-cherbourg.fr|access-date=17 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805085917/http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/tourisme_decouverte/architecture_parc_et_jard/patrimoine_architectural/leglise_saint-clement/default.asp|archive-date=5 August 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul, on the area of Octeville, was built between 1967 and 1969 while the "grand ensemble" of Provinces was born. The triangular and irregular modern architecture of [[Paul Vimond]] symbolises "the tent of God in among the houses of men", a sacred art inspired by the [[Second Vatican Council]] (1962-1965).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/tourisme_decouverte/architecture_parc_et_jard/patrimoine_architectural/leglise_saint-pierre_sain/default.asp|title=L'église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul|work=ville-cherbourg.fr|access-date=17 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430113638/http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/tourisme_decouverte/architecture_parc_et_jard/patrimoine_architectural/leglise_saint-pierre_sain/default.asp|archive-date=30 April 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Another Church was built on Octeville during those years: The Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-Postel opened in 1966 in the quarter of Fourches and decommissioned in 1990.

The Church of Saint-Martin of Octeville, dating from the 12th century, is the historic parish church of Octeville which depended on the {{Interlanguage link|Abbey of Notre-Dame-du-Vœu|fr|3=Abbaye Notre-Dame du Vœu}}. Romanesque, it has an octagonal {{Interlanguage link|saddleback steeple|fr|3=Clocher en bâtière}}. The nave was remodelled in the 18th century. A [[relief]] depicting the [[Last Supper]] has been classified as a historic monument since 1908.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/tourisme_decouverte/architecture_parc_et_jard/patrimoine_architectural/leglise_saint-martin/default.asp|title=L'église Saint-Martin|work=ville-cherbourg.fr|access-date=17 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130063415/http://www.ville-cherbourg.fr/fr/tourisme_decouverte/architecture_parc_et_jard/patrimoine_architectural/leglise_saint-martin/default.asp|archive-date=30 January 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>