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s0004481 |
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15/08/02 |
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04/04/08 |
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| Description | Value |
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brick
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height of vault |
30 m | | |
width of vaulting |
19.20 m | | |
total width including chapels |
28 m | | |
exterior length |
113.5 m | | |
exterior width |
35 m | | |
height of walls |
40 m | | |
wall thickness at base |
2.50 m | | |
height of bell tower |
78 m |
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| 1276
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| Bernard de Castanet becomes bishop of Albi (steps down in 1308). Income of the abbey increases from 2 000 to 20 000 pounds. |
| 1277
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| Decision to reconstruct the cathedral. |
| 1282- 1300
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| Beginning of the reconstruction of the cathedral starting from the apse and the last two spans of the right side of the choir. |
| 1370- 1390
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| Completion of the cathedral. |
| 1792
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| The treasury of the cathedral is pillaged, but the essential parts of the monument and the decorations are saved. |
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Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse (Tome III-A), Robert Laffont, Paris (France) ; pp. 3-7.
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Biget, Jean-Louis La cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi. L'architecture, presented at Congrès archéologique de France, 140ème session, Albigeois, 1982.
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Biget, Jean-Louis Le choeur de la cathédrale d'Albi, presented at Congrès archéologique de France, 140ème session, Albigeois, 1982.
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Chastel, André L'art français (tome 2), Flammarion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2-08-012806-X, 1994.
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Collombet, François Les plus belles cathédrales de France, Sélection du Readers Digest, Paris (France) , ISBN 2709808889, 1997; pp. 90-95.
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Denizeau, Gérard Histoire visuelle des Monuments de France, Larousse, Paris (France) , ISBN 2035052017, 2003; pp. 114-115.
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Durliat, Marcel Le Jugement dernier de la cathédrale d'Albi, presented at Congrès archéologique de France, 140ème session, Albigeois, 1982.
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Sire, Marie-Anne Albi. La cathédrale Sainte-Cécile, Editions du Patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858223629, 2002.
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Tollon, Bruno Les décorations des chapelles de Sainte-Cécile d'Albi, presented at Congrès archéologique de France, 140ème session, Albigeois, 1982.
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Tollon, Bruno Les peintures de la cathédrale d'Albi, presented at Congrès archéologique de France, 140ème session, Albigeois, 1982.
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