Historical monuments belonging to the State
The State owns many historical monuments, including 86 cathedrals as well as the Basilica of Saint-Nazaire de Carcassonne and the Church of Saint-Julien de Tours, all classified as historical monuments.
Cathedral | Cathedral | Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat Cathedral, | Cathedral |
The Ministry of Culture finances all maintenance, repair and restoration work within the limits of the provisions of the Law of 9 December 1905 on the separation of Churches and the State.
These buildings are dedicated to Catholic worship. The religious assignee is represented by the minister of worship, the rector of the cathedral, serving him. The express and prior consent of the offerer is necessary for the organization of any event which he considers compatible with the exercise of worship in accordance with administrative jurisprudence. The use for cultural purposes of State-owned religious buildings classified in their entirety as historical monuments is justified by the architectural and artistic interest of these buildings but this use requires the express and prior consent of the recipient.
In the Occitania region, in more than 14 cathedrals, the State and the Ministry of Culture own the Montpellier and Toulouse sites of the Drac, exceptional archaeological sites (Saint-Bertrand-de-Commnges, Marsoulas cave, Pont du Gard, etc.), oppida, and the Chartreuse de Villeneuve-les-Avignon.
As owner, the State, represented by the Regional Conservation of Historical Monuments (CRMH), is responsible for the construction of all these monuments located in the Occitanie region. For all work on a building classified as a historical monument and belonging to the State (such as cathedrals), the use of the mastery of a chief architect of historical monuments (ACMH) is mandatory, both for the development of projects or specifications and for the direction of the execution of the work.
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