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Notre-Dame de Reims (/ ˌnɒtrəˈdɑːm, ˌnoʊtrəˈdeɪm, ˌnoʊtrəˈdɑːm /; [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ]French: [nɔtʁə dam də ʁɛ̃s] ⓘ; meaning " Our Lady of Reims "), [ a ] known in English as Reims Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the French city of the same name, the archiepiscopal see of the Archdiocese of Reims.
Vaults of the crossing and the apse reach 60 and 75 metres respectively. 7 San Petronio Basilica: 44.24 m (145.1 ft) [8] Bologna: Italy: 8 Palma Cathedral: 44 m (144 ft) [9] [10] Palma: Spain: Pillars sustaining vaults are the narrowest in the world: they measure 1/12 of vault width (at Reims, pillars are 1/6 of vault width) 8 People's ...
Romanesque rib vaulting, Peterborough Cathedral (begun 1118) south aisle Gothic rib vaulting, Reims Cathedral (begun 1221) nave A rib vault or ribbed vault is an architectural feature for covering a wide space, such as a church nave, composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs.
The model of Chartres was followed by a series of new cathedrals of unprecedented height and size. These were Reims Cathedral (begun 1211), where coronations of the kings of France took place; Amiens Cathedral (1220–1226); Bourges Cathedral (1195–1230) (which, unlike the others, continued to use six-part rib vaults); and Beauvais Cathedral ...
Tracery is an architectural device by which windows (or screens, panels, and vaults) are divided into sections of various proportions by stone bars or ribs of moulding. [1] Most commonly, it refers to the stonework elements that support the glass in a window. The purpose of the device is practical as well as decorative, because the increasingly ...
French Gothic architecture is an architectural style which emerged in France in 1140, and was dominant until the mid-16th century. The most notable examples are the great Gothic cathedrals of France, including Notre-Dame Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral. Its main characteristics are verticality, or height ...
Gothic rib vault ceiling of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris Interior elevation view of a Gothic cathedral, with rib-vaulted roof highlighted. In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof.
A major fire in 1504 destroyed the upper vaulting of the original cathedral, and now only the apse, the west façade, and the tower have their original appearance; The exterior is now distinctly flamboyant Gothic. [10] Laon Cathedral was begun in about 1160. Like many early Gothic cathedrals, it retained some romanesque features, including ...