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"Notre-Dame Cathedral of Luxembourg"

The cathedral is a  mix of semi-Renaissance, semi-Baroque elements from its first iteration, coupled with neo-Gothic additions. The cathedral was enlarged 1935–1938, and features stained glass windows from the 19th and 20th centuries, but it still retains its stunningly decorated alabaster columns, which line the nave, leading up to its pointed arches and ribbed vaults.

At the end of the 18th century, Notre-Dame Cathedral received a beautiful image of the Maria Consolatrix Afflictorum, the patron saint of both Luxembourg City and the nation itself. Our Lady of Consolation or Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted (Latin: Nostra Domina de Consolatricis Afflictorum) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in the Catholic Church.

Along with Saints Augustine and Monica, Our Lady of Consolation is one of the three patrons of the Augustinian orders. The title Consolatrix Afflictorum manes Comforter of the Afflicted.  Devotion to Our Lady of Consolation was propagated by the Augustinian monks. By the early 18th century the custom of asking for the final blessing before death in the name of Our Lady of Consolation was very popular.

Notable figures who have been buried here include several members of the Grand-Ducal family, such as John of Bohemia, Marie-Adélaide, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium.