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Structure-ID: s0002180
Created on: 11/05/01
Modified on: 03/10/09


Sens Cathedral

Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
Built: 1130 - 1513
Status: in use
Location: Sens, Yonne (89), Bourgogne, France
Sens Cathedral
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Structural Type:
Gothic vault
Function / usage:
Church

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Martin Chambiges
  Pierre Ier Chambiges
  Godinet
  Nicolas de Chaumes

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arches  stone
columns  stone
walls  stone
vault  stone
Dimensions
  length 113.50 m
  height of south tower 78 m
nave   height of nave 24.40 m
  width of nave 27.50 m
  width of central aisle 15.25 m
transept   diameter of transept roses 11 m

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External LinkarchINFORM: Kathedrale Saint Etienne German English French Spanish Italian
External LinkArchitecture religieuse: Saint-Etienne de Sens French
External LinkEglises chrétienne dans l'Yonne: La cathédrale Saint Etienne de Sens French
External LinkMédiathèque de l'Architecture et du patrimoine: Bourgogne: Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Sens French
External LinkNew Advent: Sens English
External LinkWikipédia: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens French
External LinkWikipédia: Katedrála v Sens Slovak
External LinkWikipedia: Kathedraal van Sens Dutch / Flemish
External LinkWikipedia: Kathedrale von Sens German
External LinkWikipedia: Sens Cathedral French
External LinkWikipedia: קתדרלת סנס Hebrew

Relevant Literature
* Cailleaux, Denis   La cathédrale en chantier, Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, Paris (France) , ISBN 2735504182, 1999.
* Collombet, François   Les plus belles cathédrales de France, Sélection du Readers Digest, Paris (France) , ISBN 2709808889, 1997; pp. 206-209.
* Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain   Histoire de l'architecture française (Tome 1), Editions du Patrimoine, Mengès, Paris (France) , ISBN 2856203671, 1995.
* Stoddard, Whitney S.   Art & Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA) , ISBN 0064300226, 1972; pp. 112-119.

 
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