Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral (French: [Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a Gothic cathedral in Rouen, in Normandy, northwestern France.
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| Primatial Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Rouen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen (French) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 3 rue Saint-Romain 76000 Rouen, Normandy France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Frnce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | rouen www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Cathedral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dedication | Assumption of Mary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecrated | 1 October 1063 in the presence of William the Conqueror[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relics held | Saint Romain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Functional status | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heritage designation | Classée Monument Historique | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Designated | 1862[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural type | church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Gothic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groundbreaking | 1030[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Completed | 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specifications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of towers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of spires | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Archdiocese | Rouen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Archbishop | Dominique Lebrun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Priest(s) | Fr.Christophe Potel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Organist(s) | Lionel Coulon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Related pages
- Rouen Cathedral (Monet), a series of paintings of the cathedral by Claude Monet
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rouen Cathedral – Rouen, France". www.sacred-destinations.com.
- ↑ "Rouen Cathedral Historical Facts and Pictures | The History Hub". Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ↑ Rouen Cathedral at Emporis
Other websites
Media related to Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen at Wikimedia Commons
