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Church of Saint Ouen: View of crossing tower, transept and buttresses

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Part of the city hall is visible, it occupies what was once part of the abbey, adjoining the north side of the church (converted 1790-1800).\u000a\u000aThe church was originally built as the abbey church of Saint Ouen for the Benedictine Order, beginning in 1318 and interrupted by the Hundred Years' War and sacked and badly damaged during the Harelle. It was completed in the 15th century in the Flamboyant style. The central crossing is surmounted by an unusual lantern-style tower (1441) similar to that at Ely Cathedral in England. The gradual and complex transition from Rayonnant to Flamboyant in the architecture of Rouen in the late 14th century and the early 15th is seen in the varied styles of the transept. The well-preserved stained glass is predominantly from the 14th century. In the 19th century (1846-1851) the incomplete fa\u00E7ade was demolished and replaced by a 14th-century Gothic Revival design by Henri-Charles-Martin Gr\u00E9goire.

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Alt Title

Abbaye Saint-Ouen de Rouen

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Rouen|Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France|+49.4425+1.099722

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Gothic Revival', 'Flamboyant', 'Rayonnant', 'Gothic (Medieval)']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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