Senez Cathedral

It was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Senez, abolished under the Concordat of 1801, when its territory was added to the Diocese of Digne.

The present Romanesque church stands on the site of several older cathedral buildings, but itself dates from the 12th-13th centuries.

It suffered severely in the French Wars of Religion and its belltower was destroyed by Protestants.

The tapestries (seven by Aubusson, end of the 17th century, and one by Audemar of Enghien, end of the 16th century) were presented by Monseigneur de Ruffo Bonneval (bishop of Senez 1783–1784) to mark the completion of the restoration.

The church's choir stalls, lectern and altar, of the 17th and 18th centuries, are also particularly fine.

Senez Cathedral