General Information
Name in local language: | Cathédrale Notre-Dame |
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Beginning of works: | 6 May 1211 |
Completion: | 1427 |
Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Rib vault |
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Function / usage: |
Cathedral |
Material: |
Masonry structure |
Architectural style: |
Gothic |
Awards and Distinctions
1991 |
part of an ensemble
for registered users |
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1862 |
for registered users |
Location
Location: |
Reims, Marne (51), Grand-Est, France |
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Next to: |
Palais du Tau (1509)
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Coordinates: | 49° 15' 13.89" N 4° 2' 2.55" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
total length | 149.17 m | |
building area | 6 650 m² | |
interior length | 138 m | |
nave | height | 38 m |
width of nave | 14.65 m | |
northern rose | diameter | 9.65 m |
southern rose | diameter | 9.65 m |
tower | height | 81.50 m |
transept | length | 61 m |
width of transept | 30.70 m | |
western façade | width | 48.80 m |
western rose | diameter | 12.5 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
1210 | Fire destroys the 12th century cathedral |
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1211 — 1221 | Jean d'Orbais builds the first level of the choir, the ambulatory and the adjoining chapels. |
6 May 1211 | Laying of the corner stone by the Archbishop Aubry de Humbert. |
ca. 1220 | Villard de Honnecourt visits the site and sketches the construction site in his album. |
1220 — 1233 | Construction of the transept up to the rose and the last spans of the nave. |
1230 | The chapter acquires the terrain for the construction of the western façade. |
1233 — 1235 | Populace revolts. Construction is halted. |
8 September 1241 | The chapter solemnly enters the choir (choir, western spans of the nave, northern portal and vaulted transepts). |
ca. 1252 | Beginning of the construction of the western façade under Jean le Loup. |
ca. 1256 | Gaucher de Reims succeeds to Jean le Loup for 8 years. Puts the statues on the western façade and completes the backside of the portals. |
1270 — 1280 | Construction of the rose level and the vaults of the 5 first spans of the nave. |
1285 | Interior of the cathedral is finished. |
1299 | Completion of the main structure up to the base of the gallery of Kings and beginning of the roof under Robert de Coucy. |
1300 — 1350 | Construction of the gallery of the Kings. |
1430 | Works on the upper parts of the western towers by Collard de Givry. |
1445 | Completion of the south-eastern tower. |
1460 | Completion of the north-eastern tower. |
24 July 1481 | A fire destroys the spire crossing and the roofing. |
1485 | Completion of the steeple of the Angel. |
1492 | Restoration of the wooden roof. |
1497 — 1515 | Restoration of the gables of the transept. |
1500 — 1504 | Construction of the southern gable. |
1505 | Restoration of the upper galleries of the nave. |
1516 | The chapter decides not to build the four other towers, gables and seven steeples. |
1580 | Destruction of the southern rose in a storm. |
1611 — 1612 | First restoration of the western portals. |
1737 — 1740 | Reparation of the western façade and sculptures. |
1825 — 1830 | Second restoration of the western portals. |
1845 — 1860 | Restoration of the higher levels (galleries, gables, towers) by Arveuf. |
1850 — 1879 | Works on the apse under Viollet-le-Duc. |
1875 — 1880 | Restoration of the galleries by Millet and Ruprich-Robert. |
19 October 1914 | First bombardment with flame bombs against the cathedral. The building is hit by 300 bombs up to 1918. |
1919 | Rockefeller donation for the restoration of the cathedral. |
1926 | Reconstruction of the concrete framing by Henri Deneux. |
1937 | Rededication of the cathedral. |
1988 | End of the renovation of the northern façade. |
1996 | End of the restoration of the arching of the great portal. |
1998 | End of the restoration of the north-western tower. |
Participants
- Collard de Givry (master builder)
- Jean le Loup (master builder)
- Bernard de Soisson (master builder)
- Robert de Coucy (master builder)
- Jean d'Orbais (master builder)
- Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (architect)
- Jean-Jacques Arveuf-Fransquin (architect)
- Eugène Millet (architect)
- Gabriel Ruprich-Robert (architect)
- Henri Deneux (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
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archINFORM: Kathedrale Notre Dame
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Cathédrale de Reims
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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims
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L'architecture religieuse en Occident: Notre-Dame de Reims (Marne)
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Médiathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine: Champagne-Ardennes: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims
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Romanes.com: Cathédrale de Reims
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UNESCO: Sites du Patrimoine Mondial: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, ancienne abbaye Saint-Remi et palais de Tau, Reims
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Wikipedia: Reims Cathedral
Relevant Publications
- L'architecture gothique en France 1130-1270. Flammarion, Paris (France), pp. 575. (1990):
- Art & Architecture in Medieval France. Medieval Architecture, Sculpture, Stained Glass, Manuscripts, the Art of the Church Treasuries. Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA), pp. 197-209. (1972):
- La cathédrale de Reims. Chef d'oeuvre du gothique. Actes Sud, Arles (France), pp. 128 + DVD. (2007):
- La cathédrale de Reims. PU Paris-Sorbonne, Paris (France), ISBN 979-1023105148, pp. 545. (2017):
- La Cathédrale de Reims. Fournier, Paris (France), pp. 71. :
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000273 - Published on:
21/05/1999 - Last updated on:
07/08/2018