Church Atlas | Bordeaux | Bourges | France | Vintage Map

The map "Province Ecclesiastiche di Bourges e Bordeaux in Francia" shows the two western French ecclesiastical provinces of Bourges and Bordeaux. The western, pink part comprises the province of Bordeaux with the dioceses of Luçon, Poitiers, Angoulême, Périgueux, and Agen, as well as the namesake city of Bordeaux on the Garonne. The eastern, yellow-orange part shows the province of Bourges with the dioceses of Limoges, Tulle, Clermont, Saint-Flour, and Le Puy. Surrounding dioceses such as Nantes, Angers, Tours, Blois, Nevers, Moulins, Lyon, Viviers, Mende, Rodez, Cahors, Auch, and Montauban are calligraphically noted on the map edge, situating the two provinces within the overall French ecclesiastical structure. Episcopal sees like Bourges, Limoges, Périgueux, Tulle, Saint-Flour, and Le Puy are marked with red dots, and numerous smaller towns are finely inscribed. Mountain ranges of the Massif Central are depicted with hatching, and rivers like the Garonne, Dordogne, and Loire are drawn in detail. The map illustrates the extensive ecclesiastical division of Western and Central France in the 19th century with its numerous suffragan bishoprics.

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