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Troyes Cathedral: Overall view, west facade

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
This image is flopped.\u000a\u000aAt the east end the seven-bay hemicycle is ringed by a single ambulatory with spacious radiating chapels. The transept has limited projection and no towers. At the west end the five-aisled nave is terminated by a three-bay fa\u00E7ade. The interior is particularly harmonious, with proportions (height equals twice the span of the central vessel) that are modest and stable. Work began at the base of the choir hemicycle ca. 1200. The Parisian Martin Chambiges was invited to Troyes in 1502 to resolve the problem of demolishing the tower to make way for the new west fa\u00E7ade. He designed a three-bay frontispiece that was deep enough to encircle the old tower and to replace the flying buttresses against the nave with new supports. The west front is the triumphant last flourish of Gothic in the Flamboyant style.

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Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Troyes|+48.300278+4.081389|Troyes, Champagne-Ardenne, France: Place Saint-Pierre

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

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

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

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