Romanesque cloister at Elne

Elne Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Elne in the County of Roussillon. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Elne ( French: Elne, ɛln Catalan Elna) is a town and commune of southern France, in the former province of The County of Roussillon or Rosselló was one of the Catalan counties in the Marca Hispanica during the Middle Ages.

It was the seat of the former Bishopric of Elne, which was transferred to the Bishopric and cathedral of Perpignan in 1601. Perpignan Cathedral ( Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan) is a Roman Catholic cathedral and a national monument of France, located in the town

The cathedral was consecrated in 1069. In 1285 during the Aragonese Crusade, French troops sacked the town and massacred the townspeople who had taken refuge in the cathedral. The Aragonese Crusade or Crusade of Aragón, a part of the larger War of the Sicilian Vespers, was declared by Pope Martin IV against the King of Aragón

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• Location of the cathedral