The 11th century crypt houses the remains of the former Romanesque cathedral.
These compound piers can be found commonly in Romanesque cathedrals.
The Romanesque cathedral suffered later from a serious fire.
The Romanesque cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1188.
This separation came about when the church was rebuilt and displaced to the southwest of the earlier Romanesque cathedral.
We resume the steep walk to the Romanesque cathedral.
It was decided to build a new, Romanesque cathedral around the existing one, allowing services to continue during construction.
It replaced a Romanesque cathedral on the site and was begun in 1275.
Its construction began in 1347 on the remains of a previous Romanesque cathedral.
The actual work to transform the older Romanesque cathedral began in 1431.