Holy Trinity Basilica, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
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About Holy Trinity Basilica
This Gothic basilica dates back to 435 AD when Saint Éreptiole founded the first church on this site. The current structure evolved through centuries of destruction and reconstruction, including Viking raids in 841 and damage during the Hundred Years' War. In 1828, a 26-meter neo-Gothic tower was added to the west portal, considered one of the earliest neo-Gothic works in France.
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From 1466 to 1794, the basilica housed a mechanical marvel called the 'Assumption Mechanism'. Every August 15th, this elaborate contraption suspended beneath the nave vault would animate figures depicting the Virgin Mary's Assumption, with ascending and descending angels surrounding her coronation by God the Father. A devil figure was added in 1560. The prestigious 'Notre-Dame-Montée' confraternity, with up to 1,200 members including nobles and abbots, maintained this spectacle for three centuries until revolutionaries destroyed it in 1794.
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