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Soissons Cathedral

Cathédrale Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais
Built: 1197 - 1479
Status: in use
Location: Soissons, Aisne (02), Picardie, France
Soissons Cathedral
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Structural Type:
Gothic vault
Function / usage:
Church
Style:
Gothic

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Renovation
Architect Edouard-Jules Corroyer
Restoration
Architect Emile Brunet

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arches  stone
columns  stone
walls  stone
vault  masonry

Chronology
1230
End of construction of the nave.
The façade is begun.
1879
Restoration of the cathedral and change of the flying buttresses of the southern arm of the transept by architect Corroyer.
1937
End of restoration by the architect Emile Brunet.

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkCathédrales de France: Cathédrale Saint Gervais et Saint Protais de Soissons French
External LinkL'architecture religieuse en Occident: Saint Gervais et Saint Protais de Soissons (Aisne) French
External LinkLa Picardie, Terre des Cathédrales: Soissons French
External LinkNew Advent: Soissons English
External LinkWikipédia: Cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Soissons French
External LinkWikipedia: Kathedrale von Soissons German
External LinkWikipedia: Soissons Cathedral English

Relevant Literature
* Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse (Tome IV-D), Robert Laffont, Paris (France) ; pp. 149-151.
* Collombet, François   Les plus belles cathédrales de France, Sélection du Readers Digest, Paris (France) , ISBN 2709808889, 1997; pp. 182-183.
* Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain   Histoire de l'architecture française (Tome 1), Editions du Patrimoine, Mengès, Paris (France) , ISBN 2856203671, 1995.
* Kimpel, Dieter   L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270, Flammarion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2080109707, 1990.
* Sandron, Dany   La cathédrale de Soissons, architecture du pouvoir, Picard éditeur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708405349, 1998.
* Sandron, Dany   Picardie gothique, Editions Picard, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708406078, 2001.
* Sandron, Dany   Soissons, la cathédrale dans la ville, presented at Congrès archéologique de France, 148ème session, Aisne méridionale, 1990.
* Sauërlander, Willibald   Le monde gothique, Gallimard. L'Univers des Formes, Paris (France) , ISBN 2070111725, 1989.
* Stoddard, Whitney S.   Art & Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA) , ISBN 0064300226, 1972; pp. 191-196.

 
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