Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg

Cathedral of Our Lady Kathedral Notre-Dame Cathédrale Notre-Dame Kathedrale unserer lieben Frau
Our Lady of Luxembourg
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
Province	Archdiocese of Luxembourg
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Status	Active
Location
Location	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Geographic coordinates	49°36′34.8″N 06°07′53.6″E / 49.609667°N 6.131556°E / 49.609667; 6.131556
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Baroque Gothic
Groundbreaking	1613
Completed	1938

Notre-Dame Cathedral (Luxembourgish: Kathedral Notre-Dame, French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, German: Kathedrale unserer lieben Frau) is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Luxembourg, located in Luxembourg City in southern Luxembourg. It was originally a Jesuit church, and its cornerstone was laid in 1613. It is the only cathedral in Luxembourg. The church is a noteworthy example of late Gothic architecture; however, it also has many Renaissance elements and adornments.

Pope Pius IX granted a Pontifical decree of coronation towards the Marian image of Our Lady of Consolation (Latin: Sancta Maria Consolatricis Afflictorum), the patron saint of both the city and the nation on 24 June 1866. The rite of coronation was executed by the former Archbishop of Munich, Cardinal Karl-August von Reisach on 2 July 1866. ^{[1] [2]} Fifty years later, the church was consecrated as the Church of Our Lady and in 1870, it was elevated to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.

At the cemetery of the cathedral is the National Monument to the Resistance and to the Deportation. The centerpiece of the monument is the famous bronze monument by the 20th-century Luxembourgish sculptor Lucien Wercollier called The Political Prisoner. The cathedral was expanded and enlarged from 1935 to 1938.