Notre Dame de Rouen Cathedrale de RouenPlace de la Cathedrale Rouen France
Status: Construction Dates Began 1200 Finished 1220
Building Uses - religious Structural Types - church
Heights Value Source / Comments Spire 495 ft http://fr.structurae.de/ Saint-romain tower 269 ft http://fr.structurae.de Beurre tower 246 ft http://fr.structurae.de
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Description - The building was badly damaged by a hurricane in 1683.
- The central tower began construction in 1824 after a large portion of the church was damaged in a fire two years earlier in 1822.
- This was the world's tallest, man-made structure until 1880, when it was surpassed by the Kolner Dom in Cologne in 1880. • SkyDB Entry • Google Search • Images
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