Reims Cathedral


  • Caption
    Side View
Related person
Saint Nicasius (related to)
Date
1211-1290; 1305-1427 (western towers)
Location
Europe->France->Grand Est->Reims
Description
"Reims Cathedral owes its arrangement to its purpose as the coronation church of the kings of France; for the nave and aisles of the western arm are broadened out in the eastern arm (finished 1241) into a nave and double aisles, so as to include the projecting transepts and thus give space for the coronation ceremonies; while the chevet has a ring of five chapels, similar to Westminster Abbey, the design of the which was largely inspired by this building." Fletcher, p. 601. Keywords: France, Marne, ceremonial and/or religious structures, facades.
Style/Period
Gothic Manuscripts (1200 - 1350 CE)
Material
stonework
stone and/or rock