Cathedral

Cathedral Christmas Market Old Town Strasbourg 2006

Cathedral

 

Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame

The Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame soars over Strasbourg's old town, built from 1190 - 1439, the highest medieval building in Europe with height of 142 m, it stands on the site of a roman temple. Built on a mound above the marshy land surrounding the camp of Argentoratum, and an early church commissioned by King Clovis of the Franks.

 

 

street leading to the Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame

The first works begun in 1015, but fire destroyed most of the original Romanesque building, and by the time work started on rebuilding it at the end of the twelfth century, the Gothic style had reached Alsace, and stonemasons and master builders who had worked at Chartres were soon bringing their skills to this new project.

 

rose window of the Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame

 

 

 

transit door

 

 

sculpture over the main entrance

 

interior of Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame

 

 

 

 

one of the several tapestries hung in the Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame

 

 

nativity scene in the Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame

 

Magi bringing the gifts to the Christ child

 

shepards

 

the visiting king honoring the Christ child

 

rose window

 

 

 

 

 

pulpit

 

confessional

 

clock on the Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame

 

 

Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame spires


Cathedral Christmas Market Old Town Strasbourg 2006

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