France, Auxerre, Cathedrale Saint-Etienne d'Auxerre genereal view of the facade of the cathedral

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The sculpture on the three doorways of the west façade of the Cathedral of St-Etienne dates from the 13th century. But the oldest section of the Cathedral is its crypt, which dates to the early 11th century. The oldest section of the existing building is its crypt, begun in the early eleventh century. In the first half of the thirteenth century a new chevet was erected above the crypt. Then, later in the century the bases of the west facade towers including three portals were added. By 1300 the new west portals and the chevet remained connected to one another by the nave of the eleventh-century cathedral. Early in the fourteenth century the lower walls of the transept (the cross-volume, center in the photo) and nave were built. Construction continued slowly on the upper sections of the nave and transept through the later fourteenth century and into the fifteenth century.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: France. Region-Burgundy. Cathedrale Saint-Etienne d'Auxerre
Photo credit: © Shmuel Magal / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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