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s0000273 |
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05/21/99 |
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10/30/06 |
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| Description | Value |
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| arches |
stone
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| columns |
stone
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| walls |
stone
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| vault |
masonry
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total length |
149.17 m | | |
building area |
6 650 m2 | | |
interior length |
138 m | | |
width of western façade |
48.80 m | | |
diameter of western rose |
12.5 m | | |
diameter of northern rose |
9.65 m | | |
diameter of southern rose |
9.65 m |
| nave |
height of nave |
38 m | | |
width of nave |
14.65 m |
| tower |
tower height |
81.50 m |
| transept |
length of transept |
61 m | | |
width of transept |
30.70 m |
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| 1210
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| Fire destroys the 12th century cathedral |
| 1211- 1221
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| Jean d'Orbais builds the first level of the choir, the ambulatory and the adjoining chapels. |
| 5 May 1211
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| Laying of the corner stone by the Archbishop Aubry de Humbert. |
| ca. 1220
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| Villard de Honnecourt visits the site and sketches the construction site in his album. |
| 1220- 1233
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| Construction of the transept up to the rose and the last spans of the nave. |
| 1230
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| The chapter acquires the terrain for the construction of the western façade. |
| 1233- 1235
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| Populace revolts. Construction is halted. |
| 8 September 1241
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| The chapter solemnly enters the choir (choir, western spans of the nave, northern portal and vaulted transepts). |
| ca. 1252
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| Beginning of the construction of the western façade under Jean le Loup. |
| ca. 1256
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| Gaucher de Reims succeeds to Jean le Loup for 8 years. Puts the statues on the western façade and completes the backside of the portals. |
| 1270- 1280
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| Construction of the rose level and the vaults of the 5 first spans of the nave. |
| 1285
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| Interior of the cathedral is finished. |
| 1299
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| Completion of the main structure up to the base of the gallery of Kings and beginning of the roof under Robert de Coucy. |
| 1300- 1350
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| Construction of the gallery of the Kings. |
| 1430
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| Works on the upper parts of the western towers by Collard de Givry. |
| 1445
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| Completion of the south-eastern tower. |
| 1460
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| Completion of the north-eastern tower. |
| 24 July 1481
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| A fire destroys the spire crossing and the roofing. |
| 1485
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| Completion of the steeple of the Angel. |
| 1492
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| Restoration of the wooden roof. |
| 1497- 1515
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| Restoration of the gables of the transept. |
| 1500- 1504
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| Construction of the southern gable. |
| 1505
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| Restoration of the upper galleries of the nave. |
| 1516
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| The chapter decides not to build the four other towers, gables and seven steeples. |
| 1580
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| Destruction of the southern rose in a storm. |
| 1611- 1612
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| First restoration of the western portals. |
| 1737- 1740
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| Reparation of the western façade and sculptures. |
| 1825- 1830
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| Second restoration of the western portals. |
| 1845- 1860
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| Restoration of the higher levels (galleries, gables, towers) by Arveuf. |
| 1850- 1879
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| Works on the apse under Viollet-le-Duc. |
| 1875- 1880
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| Restoration of the galleries by Millet and Ruprich-Robert. |
| 19 October 1914
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| First bombardment with flame bombs against the cathedral. The building is hit by 300 bombs up to 1918. |
| 1919
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| Rockefeller donation for the restoration of the cathedral. |
| 1926
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| Reconstruction of the concrete framing by Henri Deneux. |
| 1937
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| Rededication of the cathedral. |
| 1988
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| End of the renovation of the northern façade. |
| 1996
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End of the restoration of the arching of the great portal.
Visit of pope John Paul II for the 1500th anniversary of the baptism of Clovis by Saint Remi. |
| 1998
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| End of the restoration of the north-western tower. |
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Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse (Tome V-B), Robert Laffont, Paris (France) ; pp. 97-101.
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Reims: la cathédrale en lumière, in
"Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 3 November 2006, n. 5371 .
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Boiret, Yves Restauration et conservation de la cathédrale de Reims, in
"Dossiers d'Archéologie", October 1993, n. 186 .
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Braive La restauration de la cathédrale de Reims, in
"Travaux", October 1938, n. 70 .
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Collombet, François Les plus belles cathédrales de France, Sélection du Readers Digest, Paris (France) , ISBN 2709808889, 1997; pp. 134-141.
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Demouy, Parick Reims, la cathédrale, ISBN 2736902653, 2000.
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Demouy, Patrick La cathédrale Notre-Dame, in
"Dossiers d'Archéologie", October 1993, n. 186 .
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Demouy, Patrick Notre-Dame de Reims, CNRS Editions, ISBN 2271052580, 2001.
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Demouy, Patrick Reims, fille de Rome et église-mère des Francs, in
"Dossiers d'Archéologie", October 1993, n. 186 .
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Deneux, H. La nouvelle charpente de la Cathédrale de Reims, en éléments de ciment armé assemblés et démontables, in
"La Technique des Travaux", July 1926, n. 7 v. 2 .
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Denizeau, Gérard Histoire visuelle des Monuments de France, Larousse, Paris (France) , ISBN 2035052017, 2003; pp. 102-104.
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Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain La cathédrale de Reims, Actes Sud, Arles (France) , ISBN 2742763337, 2007.
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Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain Histoire de l'architecture française (Tome 1), Editions du Patrimoine, Mengès, Paris (France) , ISBN 2856203671, 1995.
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Heinle, Erwin Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 141.
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Honnecourt, Villard de Livre de pourtraicture (Album de Villard de Honnecourt).
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Kimpel, Dieter L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270, Flammarion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2080109707, 1990.
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Kurmann, Peter La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims, Monum, Editions du Patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858226148, 2001.
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Mark, Robert High Gothic Structure, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 0943012058, 1984; pp. 22-25.
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Pallot-Frossard, Isabelle Le musée de l'oeuvre de la cathédrale, in
"Dossiers d'Archéologie", October 1993, n. 186 .
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Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie Le guide du Patrimoine: Champagne-Ardenne, Hachette, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858226148, 1995.
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Stoddard, Whitney S. Art & Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA) , ISBN 0064300226, 1972; pp. 197-209.
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