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Notre Dame des Tables de Montpellier

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+33 4 67 45 49 61

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43 Rue de l'Aiguillerie, 34000 Montpellier, France

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The original church of Notre Dame des Tables (also called Dama des Taoulas, whose name it received from the money-changing merchants of 12th century Montpellier) rested at the heart of the old village of Montpellier, in the Languedoc-Roussillon région of France. It was consecrated by Bishop Ricuin circa 817.

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It was destroyed at the end of the 16th century as a result of the French wars of religion, and later became a stopping point for pilgrims to pray at on their way to Santiago de Compostela. Now, in its crypt — a remainder from the previous church — lies an exhibition about the history of Montpellier. The Hotel de Varennes in Montpellier houses sacred chapters of the baroque church.

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Notre-Dame des Tables de Montpellier Wikipedia