Noyon Cathedral
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Rib vault
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| Function / usage: |
Cathedral
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| Other name(s): | Cathédrale de Noyon |
| Construction began in: | 1150 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Noyon, Oise (60), Picardie, France, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 102 m | |
| width of western façade | 32.8 m | |
| nave | height | 21.5 m |
| width of nave | 10.5 m | |
| transept | length | 48.6 m |
| width of transept | 9.6 m |
Materials
| arches |
stone
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| columns |
stone
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| walls |
stone
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| vault |
masonry
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Chronology
| 1220 - 1230 | Completion of the Western façade. |
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Relevant Web Sites
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archINFORM: Kathedrale Notre Dame
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Arts, culture, musique, architecture, orgue: La Cathédrale de Noyon et ses orgues
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L'architecture religieuse en Occident: Notre-Dame de Noyon (Oise)
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La Picardie, Terre des Cathédrales: Noyon
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Ministère de la Culture: Documentation: Visites: Cathédrale de Noyon
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Noyon Cathedral (Mary Ann Sullivan)
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Sacred Destinations: Noyon Cathedral
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Wikipedia: Noyon Cathedral
Relevant Publications
- Les plus belles cathédrales de France, Sélection du Readers Digest, Paris (France), ISBN 2709808889, 1997; pp. 180-181
- Histoire visuelle des Monuments de France, Larousse, Paris (France), ISBN 2035052017, 2003; pp. 86
- Histoire de l'architecture française (Tome 1), Editions du Patrimoine, Mengès, Paris (France), ISBN 2856203671, 1995
- Quartier cathédral, Rempart / Desclée de Brouwer, Paris (France), ISBN 2904365230, 1994
- L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270, Flammarion, Paris (France), ISBN 2080109707, 1990
- Art & Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA), ISBN 0064300226, 1972; pp. 120-127
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002181 |
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| Created: | 05/11/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |