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Saint Apollinaire Cathedral
The architecture of this cathedral is similar to other monuments in Auvergne and Velay, in particular the polychrome stone decorations. It has an ambulatory allowing the passage of pilgrims and confirming its role as a step church on the way to Santiago de Compostela. The monument to Pope Pius VI, who died in Valence in 1799 as a prisoner of the Directory, was placed in the heart.
It has been classified as a historic monument since 1862.
