Talk:Nantes Cathedral

The unusual procedure of reconstruction, beginning at the west end, should be noted. Many rebuildings follow a disastrous fire, and begin with the liturgical "heart". The Romanesque cathedral of Nantes continued functioning uninterruptedly during the rebuilding process, unless I'm mistaken. --Wetman 02:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, my sources do not go in such details and I don't plan to go to Nantes again in the near future. Could you suggest literature where one can find more info? Thanks GGenov 09:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Floor plan or Ground plan
Originally the caption of the figure "Ground plan of the cathedral" was actually "Ground plan of the cathedral". The term I used, namely "Ground plan", is the one that can be found in Frankl's book, that is given in the references. See e.g. page 79 or wherever else in the book. Later on in the course of editing, "Ground plan" was replaced with "Floor plan". I have not seen the use of the word "Floor" in this context before, so I change it back to "Ground". If anyone would like to call it again "Floor plan", please at least give a reference! Thanks! GGenov 13:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Relations with England
Hey, it's great to see such good work about my favorite cathedral! I wanted to do something about it a while ago, but well... Anyway, here's a couple of remarks I'd like to suggest here before actually editing the article:

-I would not say that the XVth century was for Brittany "a period of political turmoil and conflict with England", it is more accurate to talk of "a period of political turmoil and conflict between France and England", with Brittany playing alternately the part of the ally or of the prey. Actually, most Briton alliances were formed with England, in an attempt to protect Brittany from the French kings's appetite.


 * While probably a valid interpretation, for the wiki, best if you can cite a source that says much the same thing. See WP:RS

-The Central portal receives no name in the present text, although it should be referred to as "the portal of the Last Judgement".


 * OK. Best if you can come up with a citable source.

-There is a chronological gap between the XVIIth and the XIXth centuries, understandably since few things were actually built during thath period, but it would be interseting to say a few things about what happened during the Revolution for instance. I'll give it a try if I find the time. Frédéric 21:14, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Cool. same again.  BE BOLD!  Ratagonia 00:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes I guess you're right, the trouble is, I can only find sources in French, published here in France. So I'm not sure about publishing them on the English language Wikipedia. Frédéric 18:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, what's wrong with the French sources? I expect much more info in French then in English. Unfortunately, I ran out of French sources quite fast after starting the article :). Nice translation and reshaping, proper references and it is all fine. Go 4 it, it is worth the effort! GGenov 17:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Pierre or Peter?
Why has the french name for the cathedral been translated to St Peter and St Paul? I assume this is a mistake? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.54.85.57 (talk) 09:08, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 02:15, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Was it a good organ?
Who made it, when, for how much? Are there others like it? Same company rebuilding? InedibleHulk (talk) 00:39, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The French article says 17th century. Content concerning French cathedral organs on frwiki tends to be unsourced and organcruft, but it appears to be accurate.  Acroterion   (talk)   01:09, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Our Current Events portal had it at 400 years. So that seems to fit with the early 17th century. But it's also unsourced, and a bit too round a number. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:51, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Euronews said it had been there since 1621. So only 399 years. Though it probably took a while to build, sometimes rounding is cool. It had about a third of its current keys till...some point, so can it really be considered the same instrument? I don't know, man. All I know is we need to tell our readers more about this formerly beautiful mechanical creature. Even Allied bombing couldn't kill it! Whoever did is quite the rascal indeed. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:17, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * So do the research yourself. Certainly the work would be appreciated. 2602:306:311F:13B0:B0C0:8A1A:420A:372A (talk) 15:25, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Can't copy and paste references. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:07, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Name of suspected arsonist
The name of the Rwandan man being held and who has reportedly confessed to having set the 2020 Nantes cathedral fire appears to be Emmanuel Abayisenga. Though quasi "self-censored" out of most Western news reports, in Kinyarwandan-language media the man's name is openly available, most frequently right in the headline or YouTube caption.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=emmanuel+abayisenga

—IslandGyrl (talk) 11:24, 5 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Also named in this French language source here. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:54, 5 August 2020 (UTC)