2. HISTORY OF REIMS CATHEDRAL
REIMS CATHEDRAL, ALSO CALLED THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE-DAME
AT REIMS, CATHEDRAL LOCATED IN THE CITY OF REIMS, FRANCE, ON
THE VESLE RIVER EAST-NORTHEAST OF PARIS. AN EARLIER CHURCH
DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1210. THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION WAS
OVERSEEN BY FOUR DIFFERENT ARCHITECTS AND LASTED SOME 80
YEARS; EXPANSIONS AND DECORATIVE WORK CONTINUED ON THE
CHURCH FOR CENTURIES.
THE CATHEDRAL WAS DEDICATED TO THE VIRGIN MARY AND WAS THE
TRADITIONAL LOCATION FOR THE CORONATION OF THE KINGS OF
FRANCE.
3. ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE GOTHIC
MATERIALS USED LUTETIAN LIMESTONE, GLASS, WOOD, IRON
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE
REIMS CATHEDRAL INCORPORATED SEVERAL NEW ARCHITECTURAL
TECHNIQUES, NOTABLY BAR TRACERY.(TRACERY, IN ARCHITECTURE, BARS,
OR RIBS, USED DECORATIVELY IN WINDOWS OR OTHER OPENINGS)
4. 1208 - FIRST STONE OF NEW CATHEDRAL PLACED BY
ARCHBISHOP AUBRY DE HUMBERT.
1241 - COMPLETION OF THE CHOIR, APSE, EAST PART OF NAVE,
NORTH PORTAL AND MOST OF TRANSEPT.
1299 - ROOF OF THE NAVE COMPLETED.
1300-1350 - GALLERY OF KINGS CONSTRUCTED.
1430-1460 - CONSTRUCTION OF THE UPPER WEST FRONT TOWERS.
1481 - A FIRE DESTROYS THE ROOF AND THE SPIRE OF THE TRANSEPT.
1504 - COMPLETION OF RECONSTRUCTION AFTER FIRE.
TIMELINE
7. Towers
EXTERIOR
THE CATHEDRAL'S EXTERIOR GLORIFIES
ROYALTY.
THE GALLERY OF KINGS, COMPOSED OF
56 STATUES WITH A HEIGHT OF 4.5
METERS
TOWERS
WALLS AND BUTTRESSES
APSE
