About Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption, Saint-Pierre
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The Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Saint-Pierre de la Martinique) or simply Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, is the co-cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, is located in Saint-Pierre, on the island of Martinique, a dependency of France in the Caribbean Sea.
The first church was built in 1654, it was a private chapel and is in the district of Mouillage. The tower of the chapel and the bell were destruidoas then a British bombardment of the port of Saint-Pierre, in 1667. In 1675 the reconstruction of the church was proposed.