General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Rib vault |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Cathedral |
| Architectural style: |
Gothic |
| Material: |
Masonry structure |
| Architectural style: |
Norman |
Awards and Distinctions
| 1862 |
for registered users |
|---|
Location
| Location: |
Bayeux, Calvados (14), Normandy, France |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4, rue du General de Dais |
| Coordinates: | 49° 16' 32" N 0° 42' 12" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 102 m | |
| nave | width | 10 m |
| height to key of vault | 23.30 m | |
| tower | height | 76.6 m |
| transept | length | 37.60 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Bayeux Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux), is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Bayeux in Normandy, France. A national monument, it is the seat of the Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux and was the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry. The cathedral is in the Norman-Romanesque architectural tradition.
The site is an ancient one and was once occupied by Roman sanctuaries. The present cathedral was consecrated on 14 July 1077 in the presence of William, Duke of Normandy and King of England. It was here that William may have forced Harold Godwinson to take the oath, the breaking of which led to the Norman conquest of England.
Architecture
Following serious damage to the Cathedral in the 12th Century, the Cathedral was rebuilt in the Gothic style which is most notable in the crossing tower, transepts and east end. However, despite the crossing tower having been started in the 15th Century, it was not completed until the 19th Century.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Bayeux Cathedral" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): Bayeux, cathédrale Notre-Dame. Presented at: L'architecture romande au Moyen Age, Colloque de Cerisy, Caen, 1997, pp. 36-42.
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse (Tome IV-B). Normandie. Robert Laffont, Paris (France), pp. 14-15.
- (1989): Le monde gothique. Le siècle des cathédrales 1140-1260. Gallimard. L'Univers des Formes, Paris (France), pp. 464.
- (1967): Normandie romane (Tome 1). Editions Zodiaque, Saint-Léger-Vauban (France), pp. 29.
- (1979): Les nouvelles normes françaises des ciments. In: Travaux, n. 529 (March 1979), pp. 80-85.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20009459 - Published on:
23/06/2003 - Last updated on:
29/07/2014
