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PROJECT NAME Reims Cathedral

BEGINNING OF 6 May 1211

WORK
COMPLETION:
1427

ARCHITECTURES Henri Deneux (architect)

Gabriel Ruprich-Robert(architect)
Eugène Millet (architect)
Jean-Jacques Arveuf-Fransquin(architect)
Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (architect)

ARCHITECTURAL Gothic
STYLE

LOCATION Reims, Marne (51), Grand-Est, France

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BEST With its Radiant Gothic façade of unequalled dimensions, its interior characterized by soaring
vertical heights, the richness of its sculpture and the technical quality of its construction,
FEATURE
the Cathedral of Reims remains one of the most beautiful examples of Gothic art.

CONCEPT The church represents a social, historical, and historical valuable. As it was where French kings
were crowned. Represented by the richness in statues and the remarkable vertical tension created
by the upward thrust and relative narrowness of its volumes.

ARCHITECT The monument displays a classic unity to which the successive builders remained faithful, through
the decades, by conserving as closely as possible the architectural vision adopted during the
URAL
years 1210-1230 and the construction of the choir.
FEATURE

POLITICAL, Notre-Dame of Reims was the site of the coronation of French kings. It was the center of an
important "cathedral complex"
SOCIAL
IMPACT
HISTORICAL The first religious structure to be built on the Cathedral site was in the very beginning of the
5th century.It was a modest edifice which was later rebuilt and enlarged, first during the
IMPACT
Carolingian epoch (816-862), and then in the mid 12th century, in early Gothic style. It was
damaged by fire in 1210, and the structures were completely razed shortly after.
The architecture of the Reims Cathedral is characteristic of Gothic Art: it represents a moment
of equilibrium between the experiments of Early Gothic and the decorative evolutions of Radiant
Gothic and Flamboyant Gothic.
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CIRCULATION To the three galleries of circulation each of these passageways allows one to walk completely
around the edifice.

SLOTS ( Remois window that defines the Cathedral's architecture.

This window consists of two lancet arches surmounted by a six-lobed rose window. In Reims, the
OPENINGS)
so-called "window-chassis" became, for the first time in the history of architecture, a
fundamental element of the edifice.
The portals display a vast illusionist composition, where the strong architectural lines are
camouflaged by the omnipresent sculpture.

ROOFS The façade and transept towers were initially to be topped by spires, but a fierce fire,
destroyed the roof's entire framework in 1481.

MATERIALS Stone ,, Glass,, Wood,, Paint,, Iron,, rib vault

THE RELATION It's located in a tourism area. The building is harmonious with it's surrounding as
BETWEEN THE the landmarks are : tourism office building, hotel, library, church.
BUILDING AND
THE URBAN
ENVIROMENT
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 Timeline :

1210 Fire destroys the 12th century cathedral

Jean d'Orbais builds the first level of the choir, the ambulatory and the adjoining
1211 - 1221 chapels.

Construction of the transept up to the rose and the last spans of the nave
1220 - 1233

1285 Interior of the cathedral is finished.

1996 End of the restoration of the arching of the great portal.

1998 End of the restoration of the north-western tower.