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“ The nave, built in the beginning of the 13th century, was remodelled in its upper portion fifty or sixty years after its erection; the choir, built about 1230 and restored in 1260 after a great fire, is remarkable for the lightness of its construction, the inner galleries of the presbytery being the boldest venture ever made in this kind. In the choir are four bas-reliefs of great beauty and delicacy representing scenes in the life of the Virgin ”

“ Most of the stained windows are good. Around the cathedral are the cloisters of the canons; the episcopal palace (1778) , with a pretty chapel; the great seminary, located in the old abbey of St (supposed to be one of the fourteen or fifteen monasteries founded in the 6th century by St) ; the hôtel de ville; and the statue of Conté, a member of the Egyptian expedition of 1798. The population of Sées was 3483 in 1881, and that of the commune 4687.
The first bishop of Sées (Sagium) was St, who lived at the close of the 3d or beginning of the 4th century. ”