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Tournai Cathedral: Interior detail of the crossing, choir screen and choir to the left

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The transept arms, built in about the mid-12th century, have apsidal ends, a feature borrowed in all probability from certain Rhenish churches.\u000a\u000aA UNESCO World Heritage Site granted because it is 'distinguished by a Romanesque nave of extraordinary dimensions, a wealth of sculpture on its capitals and a transept topped by five towers, all precursors of the Gothic style.' In 1243 Bishop Gautier de Marvis undertook to rebuild the choir. When the new work was consecrated in 1255, it still lacked vaults and flying buttresses. This is in a Gothic (Rayonnant) style as is the rose window.

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Our Lady of Flanders' Cathedral of Tournai

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Tournai +50.6066+3.3888 Tournai, Wallonia, Belgium: Place de l'Evêché

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

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

Rights Statement

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

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