Chalon sur Saône Cathedral was built during multiple successive projects, from 1080. During the first Gothic project, Around 1220, We raised the chapter room, that is to say the room devolved to canons both for religious times (daily reading of a chapter of the Bible, Hence the sometimes given name of the chapter), that lay people (means of continuing the work of the cathedral for example). At its origin, This room was twice as high as it is today. The canons had it cut in half in order to house their archives in the upper part.


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