| Rouen Cathedral | |
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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 |
| Denomination | 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 |
| Architecture | |
| 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 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Rouen |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Dominique Lebrun |
| Priest(s) | Fr.Christophe Potel |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | Lionel Coulon |
Building details | |
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| Record height | |
| Tallest in the world from 1876 to 1880[I] | |
| Preceded by | St. Nicholas' Church, Hamburg |
| Surpassed by | Cologne Cathedral |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 49°26′25″N 1°05′42″E / 49.4402°N 1.0950°E |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 151 m (495 ft) |
| References | |
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Rouen Cathedral (French: Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen) is a Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. It is the see of the Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy.[4] It is famous for its three towers, each in a different style. The cathedral, built and rebuilt over a period of more than eight hundred years, has features from Early Gothic to late Flamboyant and Renaissance architecture.[5][4] It also has a place in art history as the subject of a series of impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, and in architecture history as from 1876 to 1880, it was the tallest building in the world.[6]
- ^ a b "Rouen Cathedral – Rouen, France". www.sacred-destinations.com.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "Emporis building ID 125188". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Rouen Cathedral – French Moments". 26 November 2012.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica on-line, "Rouen Cathedral"
- ^ Rouen Cathedral, November 2, 2018, University of Pennsylvania