English: The Nave of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Rouen, France.
Français: Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen.
Photo: 14 May 2014.
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Author: DXR.
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Rouen Cathedral, France.
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Rouen Cathedral, France.
Photo: 3 September 2010.
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Author: Moyan Brenn from Anzio, Italy.
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The Rose Window,
Rouen Cathedral, France.
Photo: 13 August 2012.
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Author: Sullenski.
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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. The Cathedral is in the Gothic Architectural Style.
A Church was already present at this location in the Late-4th-Century A.D., and, eventually, a Cathedral was established at Rouen, as at Poitiers, France. It was enlarged by Saint Ouen in 650 A.D., and visited by Charlemagne in 769 A.D.
All the buildings perished during a Viking raid in the 9th-Century A.D. The Viking leader, Rollo, Founder of The Duchy of Normandy, was Baptised here in 915 A.D., and buried in 932 A.D. His grandson, Richard I, further enlarged it in 950 A.D. Saint Romain's Tower was built in 1035. The buildings of Archbishop Robert II were Consecrated in 1065.
Construction on the current building began in the 12th-Century, in the Early-Gothic Style for Saint Romain's Tower, front Porches and part of The Nave. Other buildings were built in the High-Gothic Style for the main works: Nave, Transept, Choir, and first floor of The Lantern Tower in the 13th-Century; Side Chapels, Lady Chapel, and Side Doorways in the 14th-Century. Some windows are still decorated with Stained-Glass of the 13th-Century, famous because of a special Cobalt Blue colour, known as "The Blue from Chartres". The North Transept commenced in 1280.
