Rouen Cathedral Notre-Dame (Rouen)

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Rouen Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen) is a Gothic cathedral in Rouen, in northwestern France, biult in 11. - 15. century. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Rouen.
The church is 146 m long and 59 m wide, the spire towers at 151 meters high.
On the front of the Cathedral, the south tower is called "butter tower" (French: La Tour de Beurre). This singular name can be explain by the fact that it was finance by indulgence of Christians during the Lent, or by the yellowish of the stone.

In the choir, you can found the tomb of Richard I of England (aka Richard the Lionhearted) contained his heart (see photo of his tomb).
Jeanne d'Arc stand trial here and was burned at the stake on the old market place 500 m NW the church on 30 May 1431.

In this building

  1. Querschiff
  2. Langhaus
  3. Butterturm - Tour de Beurre
  4. Vierungsturm
  5. Chappelle de la Vièrge
  6. Turm St Romain
  7. Westfassade
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen_Cathedral
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Coordinates:   49°26'25"N   1°5'42"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago