Rouen Cathedral

Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral
Primatial Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Rouen
Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen (French)
Location	3 rue Saint-Romain; 76000 Rouen, Normandy; France
Country	Frnce
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Website	rouen.catholique.fr; www.cathedrale-rouen.net
History
Status	Cathedral
Dedication	Assumption of Mary
Consecrated	1 October 1063 in the presence of William the Conqueror
Relics held	Saint Romain
Architecture
Functional status	Yes
Heritage designation	Classée Monument Historique
Designated	1862
Architectural type	church
Style	Gothic
Groundbreaking	1030
Completed	1880
Specifications
Number of towers	2
Number of spires	2
Administration
Archdiocese	Rouen
Clergy
Archbishop	Dominique Lebrun
Priest(s)	Fr.Christophe Potel
Laity
Organist(s)	Lionel Coulon
Preceded by
Rouen Cathedral
Record height
	Tallest in the world from 1876 to 1880
Preceded by	St. Nicholas' Church, Hamburg
Surpassed by	Cologne Cathedral
General information
Coordinates	49°26′25″N 1°05′42″E / 49.4402°N 1.0950°ECoordinates: 49°26′25″N 1°05′42″E / 49.4402°N 1.0950°E
Height
Antenna spire	151 m (495 ft)
References

Rouen Cathedral (French: Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen) is a Gothic cathedral in Rouen, in Normandy, northwestern France.

Rouen Cathedral Media

The west front as it may have appeared in the 12th century, according to Jean-Baptiste Foucher in 1906.
Saint Romaine tower on June 1, 1944, hit by an Allied bomb just before D-Day
Cardinal Georges d'Amboise following Louis XII of France (1503)
Rouen and the Cathedral in 1525, from the "Livre des Fontaines" by Jacques Le Lieur.
The cathedral in 1822 with the Renaissance spire
Cathedral of Rouen
The portals and sculpture galleries
Tympanum of the portal of Notre-Dame
Details of the sculpture in the Voussures over the Portal of Notre-Dame