Strasbourg Cathedral facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Strasbourg Cathedral |
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Strasbourg Cathedral's west façade, viewed from Rue Mercière
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| Record height | |
| Tallest in the world from 1647 to 1874 | |
| Preceded by | Marienkirche im Stralsund |
| Surpassed by | Sankt-Nikolai-Kirche |
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| Location | Strasbourg, France |
| Coordinates | 48°34′54″N 7°45′03″E / 48.58167°N 7.75083°E |
| Construction started | 1015 |
| Completed | 1439 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 142 m (466 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | n/a |
Strasbourg Cathedral (official French: Notre-Dame de Strasbourg,German: Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg, Our Lady of Strasbourg) is the Cathedral in Strasbourg. The cathedral was built in Gothic style. The belltower is 142 m high. It was the highest building in the world from 1647 to 1874. It is currently the second-highest cathedral in France, after Rouen Cathedral, which is 9m higher, at 151m. In 1880, Cologne Cathedral was finished (157m), and later Ulm minster (at 161m), the highest Cathedral in the World.
Considerable parts of it are still in Romanesque architecture. Nevertheless, it is widely considered to be among the finest examples of high, or late, Gothic architecture. Erwin von Steinbach is credited for major contributions from 1277 to his death in 1318.
Victor Hugo described it as a "gigantic and delicate marvel". The cathedral is visible far across the plains of Alsace and can be seen from as far off as the Vosges mountains or the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine.
An Al-Qaeda plot to bomb the adjacent Christmas market was prevented in 2000 by French and German police.
Images for kids
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The genuinely Romanesque apse can only be seen from the courtyard of the adjacent complex of 18th-century buildings.
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André Friedrich: Monument to Johannes (Jean) Hültz, architect of the octagonal top, in Strasbourg.
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The cathedral's west façade
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Lower part of the West façade, viewed from Place de la Cathédrale (Alsatian: Müensterplatz)
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Rose window
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Pulpit with green ray of light
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Emperor Windows (Kaiserfenster), dated circa 1210–1270: Philip of Swabia, two figures named Henry, and Frederick I
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The astronomical clock
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View of Straßburg in 1493 showing the Münster
See also
In Spanish: Catedral de Estrasburgo para niños
