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As a result, Amiens Cathedral is the largest in France, [7] 200,000 cubic metres (260,000 cu yd), large enough to contain two cathedrals the size of Notre Dame of Paris. [ 8 ] The cathedral has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981. [ 9 ]
He is said to have been summoned to Paris by King Philip II who employed him in beautifying the city, and to have had a share in the work on Notre Dame de Paris. The old Amiens cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1218 and Bishop Evrard de Fouilloy had it rebuilt in Gothic style. An inscription made in 1288 in the "labyrinth" of the floor (later ...
Thomas de Cormont (born towards the end of the twelfth century) was a French Gothic Era master-mason and architect who worked on the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Amiens following the death of its chief architect, Robert de Luzarches. [1] There is speculation that Thomas may have been Robert's disciple. [2]
French Gothic architecture is an architectural style which emerged in France in 1140, and was dominant until the mid-16th century. The most notable examples are the great Gothic cathedrals of France, including Notre-Dame Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral.
Renaud continued his father's work on Notre-Dame of Amiens in the 1240s and is believed to have brought a form of architectural revolution to the upper transept and upper choir of the cathedral through his introduction of a glazed triforium, openwork flyers, and new decorative forms.
The first major church built in the new style was Amiens Cathedral (1220-1271). Later examples include Sainte-Chapelle, the royal chapel of King Louis IX of France (1248); the new north and south transepts of Notre Dame de Paris (1250-1270, and the church of Sainte-Urbaine in Troyes (1262). [4] Rayonnant cathedrals soon appeared outside of France.
The 12th-century nave of Notre-Dame de Paris, also with six-part rib vaults, is 115 feet, or 35 meters high. [16] The later Amiens Cathedral (built 1220–1266), with the new four-part rib vaults, has a nave that is 138.8 feet (42.3 meters) high.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens: Amiens: Amiens: Blessed Virgin Mary: cathedral, minor basilica; World Heritage Site ... cathedral (built in the 12th century), minor ...