Building Name: | Église Saint-Pierre de Céret |
Location: | Céret, France |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic Church |
Region: | Occitanie |
Province: | Pyrénées-Orientales |
District: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne |
Municipality: | Céret |
Functional Status: | Active |
Architecture: | yes |
Architecture Type: | church |
Architecture Style: | partly Romanesque |
Facade Direction: | West |
Groundbreaking: | 11th century |
Year Completed: | 18th century |
Materials: | stone |
Designated: | Monument historique (1998) |
Saint Peter is a Roman Catholic church in Céret, southern France. Mentioned for the first time in 814, the present day church was built and rebuilt several times from the 11th to the 18th centuries. It was declared a national monument in 1998.
The organ of Saint-Pierre Church is the largest Romantic instrument in the Eastern Pyrenees, second only to the one in Perpignan Cathedral. Its composition is as follows: [1] [2]
Montre 16' | Bourdon 16' | Flûte traversière 8' | Bombarde 16' | |
Montre 8' | Flûte 8' | Trompette 8' | Trompette 8' | |
Basson 16' | Gambe 8' | Gambe 8' | Clairon 4' | |
Kéraulophone 8' | Voix humaine 8' | Bourdon 8' | Flûte 16' | |
Bourdon 8' | Trompette 8' | Bassons-Hautbois 8' | Flûte 8' | |
Trompette 8' | Salicional 8' | Flûte octave 4' | Flute 4' | |
Flûte harmonique 8' | Clarinette 8' | Clairon 4' | ||
Prestant 4' | Flûte 4' | Voix Céleste 8' | ||
Clairon 4' | Doublette 2' | Flûte octavin 2' | ||
Doublette 2' | ||||
Cornet V | ||||
Fourniture IV |