Gothic cathedrals and churches are religious buildings created in Europe between the mid-12th century and the beginning of the 16th century. The cathedrals...

(1405–1527). While French cathedrals emphasized the height of the façade, English cathedrals, particularly in earlier Gothic, often emphasized the width...

is a list of gothic cathedrals in Europe that are active Christian cathedrals (the seats of bishops), but also includes former cathedrals and churches...

The construction of Gothic cathedrals was an ambitious, expensive, and technically demanding aspect of life in the Late Middle Ages. From the late 11th...

examples are the great Gothic cathedrals of France, including Notre-Dame Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral. Its main characteristics...

High Gothic tracery. Some notable examples of Classic Gothic and High Gothic cathedrals, such as Chartres Cathedral (see above) and Bourges Cathedral also...

flèche over the apse One distinctive feature of Reims Cathedral not found in other High Gothic cathedrals is the wall of sculpture on the inside of the west...

richly-decorated cathedrals. It appeared most prominently in France, largely thanks to support given by King Louis IX(1226-1270).. The goal of High Gothic architects...

The style was most prominently used in the construction of cathedrals and churches. Gothic architecture's defining features are pointed arches, rib vaults...

use for Gothic Revival architecture was in the building of churches. Major examples of Gothic cathedrals in the U.S. include the cathedrals of St. John...

architectural form which cathedrals took was largely dependent upon their ritual function as the seat of a bishop. Cathedrals are places where, in common...

Retrieved 13 March 2017. List of Gothic Cathedrals in Europe Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Vitus Cathedral. Official website Archdiocese of...

among them. Gothic cathedrals and churches List of Gothic Cathedrals in Europe Architecture of cathedrals and great churches Gero Cross Gothic architecture...

(French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand), is a Gothic cathedral and French national monument located in the city of Clermont-Ferrand...

were monastic. A further five cathedrals are former abbey churches which were reconstituted with secular canons as cathedrals of new dioceses by Henry VIII...

characteristics of European cathedrals are those characteristic architectural features which define the local cathedrals (and other great churches) of...

French Gothic stained glass windows were an important feature of French Gothic architecture, particularly cathedrals and churches built between the 12th...

Gothic Cathedrals in Europe "962 aniversari de la Dedicació de la Catedral de Barcelona" [962th Anniversary of the Dedication of Barcelona Cathedral]...

the nave was a common feature of early and High Gothic cathedrals; they were also found in the cathedrals of Sens, Chartres, Arras and Reims. It symbolised...

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applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in Gothic cathedrals and churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions...

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"unquestionably one of the most beautiful" and "most poetic" of English cathedrals. Its Gothic architecture is mostly inspired from Early English style of the...

High Gothic. This is disputed by German scholars. The German definition of High Gothic requires bar tracery, which did not arrive in French cathedrals until...

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usually rows of columns or piers. This feature allowed architects of Gothic cathedrals to make higher and thinner walls and much larger windows. It is a...

developed at a different pace. The earliest Gothic art was monumental sculpture, on the walls of Cathedrals and abbeys. Christian art was often typological...

the most pure Gothic cathedrals in Spain, closest related to the German and French Gothic, were built at this time. In some cases the Gothic style was built...

the Eucharist. Metz Cathedral has the third-highest nave of cathedrals in France (41.41 meters (135.9 ft)), after the cathedrals of Amiens and Beauvais...

Noyon Cathedral and Notre-Dame de Paris, Laon Cathedral is one of the most elaborate and best-preserved of the early French Gothic cathedrals. It is...