Rouen Cathedral
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This article is about the cathedral. For Monet's painting series, see Rouen Cathedral (Monet series).
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]
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Rouen Cathedral | |
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Primatial Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Rouen | |
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 | |
Record height | |
Tallest in the world from 1876 to 1880[I] | |
Preceded by | St. Nicholas' Church, Hamburg |
Surpassed by | Cologne Cathedral |
General information | |
Coordinates | 49.4402°N 1.0950°E / 49.4402; 1.0950 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 151 m (495 ft) |
References | |
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