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Cloître de la cathédrale
Photo: Jc.boga · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · tap to enlarge
Historic monument · classé · Mérimée

Cloître de la cathédrale

114 rue Bourbonnaux, Bourges

Classé historic monument since 1921One of 33 classé monuments in Bourges; classé is France’s highest protection, held by 14,963 of its 46,703 monuments (32%).
RReligious building1921protectedPPartly protected
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About Cloître de la cathédrale

Cloître de la cathédrale is one of 33 classé historic monuments in Bourges, the higher of France’s two levels of protection. Part of it has been classé since 1921. 37 more historic monuments stand within 400 m.

MHRead its Mérimée recordThe Culture ministry’s notice PA00096659 on POP↗

Classé is the highest protection: no work may be done on the building without the State’s permission, and the State’s architects watch over it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 monuments in about 10 minutes

Bourges · about 0.3 mi on foot, as the crow flies

Around it

9 more historic monuments within 150 m

C classé · I inscrit. Each opens its own page.

More like it

Other buildings like it nearby among the classé monuments

With a photo, within 25 mi; other towns first.

Questions about Cloître de la cathédrale

Is Cloître de la cathédrale protected?

Yes. It is classé, the higher of France’s two levels of protection as a historic monument since 1921 (Mérimée record PA00096659). The protection covers part of the building.

Can you visit Cloître de la cathédrale?

The list doesn’t say when it is open. Many monuments open on the Journées européennes du patrimoine in September; the town hall or tourist office can tell you more.

Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries). Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.