. Rheims and the battles for its possession . H fljl. THE CATHEDRAL AFTER THE FIRE OF SEPT. 19TH, 1914 30 In the IT1I1 and L8th centuries onlj repairs rendered necessary by the wearof the stone wore elVeeted. In tlie 19th century, beginning in 1845, importantrestorations, principally bj \ iollet-le-Duc, were carried out with regularity. The Cathedrals approximate measurements are 480 feet long (it is thelongest church in France), and l(>0 feet wide at the intersection of the vaulting, less lofty than that at Beauvais (156 feet) and Amiens (143 feet),is 123 feet in height. The l
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . H fljl. THE CATHEDRAL AFTER THE FIRE OF SEPT. 19TH, 1914 30 In the IT1I1 and L8th centuries onlj repairs rendered necessary by the wearof the stone wore elVeeted. In tlie 19th century, beginning in 1845, importantrestorations, principally bj \ iollet-le-Duc, were carried out with regularity. The Cathedrals approximate measurements are 480 feet long (it is thelongest church in France), and l(>0 feet wide at the intersection of the vaulting, less lofty than that at Beauvais (156 feet) and Amiens (143 feet),is 123 feet in height. The lowers are six in number (as in the cathedral atLaon). of which the four situated at the extremities of the transept have neverhad more than one storey. The principal towers are about 266 feet in height,oi about 60 feet higher than those of Notre-Dame in Paris. The plan of the Cathedral is in shape a Latin cross, with radiating is built entirely of stone from the neighbourhood of Rheims. Forty pillarssupport the vaults, which are further s
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