St. Louis Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral. It is located in the heart of the city of Fort-de-France. On neogothic inspiration, his arrow would measure about 59 meters. Placed under the patronage of the King of France St. Louis, it was the seat of the bishopric of Martinique, erected in 1850 by a bull of Pope Pius IX, and is currently the seat of the Archbishop of Saint Pierre and Fort de-France since 1967. It was designed according to the plans of Pierre-Henri Picq and was inaugurated in 1895.
It was established at the site of the previous cathedral destroyed by a cyclone in 1891.
Its frame is entirely metal and designed to withstand fire, earthquakes and cyclones. The interior stained glass windows tell the story of the city, or the life of St. Louis and evokes the Roman-Byzantine architecture.
Martinican people are fervent believers in the Catholic religion and in the event those masses or weekly Sunday and Saturday night, the church is always full house.
So if you want to get inside, go for a weekday, preferably in the morning. It was recently renovated to restructure its exterior as to its origin in 2010.
