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This third astronomical clock on this spot dates from 1843.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Alsace)
Département : Bas-Rhin (67)
Ville : Strasbourg (67000)
Quartier : Centre ville
Adresse : place de la Cathédrale
Fonction : Édifice religieux
Style dominant : Gothique
Matériaux : Grès des Vosges
Construction : 1176 → 1439
► Architecte de la façade : Erwin von Steinbach
► Architecte de la flèche : Jean Hultz
Classé Monument historique (1862)
Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO (1988)
Hauteur : 142.11 m
Longueur : 111 m
Largeur : 51,5 m
Superficie : 6 044 m²
Strasbourg Cathedral in the Centre-Ville district of Strasbourg, France.
Strasbourg Cathedral is widely considered to be among the finest examples of Rayonnant Gothic architecture. The construction of the cathedral, which had started in the year 1015 and had been relaunched in 1190, was finished in 1439.
At 142 metres Strasbourg Cathedral was the world's tallest building for 227 years from 1647 to 1874, when it was surpassed by St. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg. Today it is the sixth-tallest church in the world and the highest still standing extant structure built entirely in the Middle Ages.
Described by Victor Hugo as a "gigantic and delicate marvel", and by Goethe as a "sublimely towering, wide-spreading tree of God", the cathedral is visible far across the plains of Alsace and can be seen from as far off as the Vosges Mountains or the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine. The reddish-brown sandstone from the Vosges mountains gives the cathedral its distinctive colour.
The construction, and later maintenance, of the cathedral is supervised by the Fondation de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame ("Foundation of Our Lady") since at least 1224. The Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, a municipal museum located in the Foundation's buildings, displays original works of art from the cathedral, such as sculptures and stained-glass, but also the surviving original medieval buildings plans.
Information Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg_Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral in the Centre-Ville district of Strasbourg, France.
Strasbourg Cathedral is widely considered to be among the finest examples of Rayonnant Gothic architecture. The construction of the cathedral, which had started in the year 1015 and had been relaunched in 1190, was finished in 1439.
At 142 metres Strasbourg Cathedral was the world's tallest building for 227 years from 1647 to 1874, when it was surpassed by St. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg. Today it is the sixth-tallest church in the world and the highest still standing extant structure built entirely in the Middle Ages.
Described by Victor Hugo as a "gigantic and delicate marvel", and by Goethe as a "sublimely towering, wide-spreading tree of God", the cathedral is visible far across the plains of Alsace and can be seen from as far off as the Vosges Mountains or the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine. The reddish-brown sandstone from the Vosges mountains gives the cathedral its distinctive colour.
The construction, and later maintenance, of the cathedral is supervised by the Fondation de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame ("Foundation of Our Lady") since at least 1224. The Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, a municipal museum located in the Foundation's buildings, displays original works of art from the cathedral, such as sculptures and stained-glass, but also the surviving original medieval buildings plans.
Information Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg_Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral in the Centre-Ville district of Strasbourg, France.
Strasbourg Cathedral is widely considered to be among the finest examples of Rayonnant Gothic architecture. The construction of the cathedral, which had started in the year 1015 and had been relaunched in 1190, was finished in 1439.
At 142 metres Strasbourg Cathedral was the world's tallest building for 227 years from 1647 to 1874, when it was surpassed by St. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg. Today it is the sixth-tallest church in the world and the highest still standing extant structure built entirely in the Middle Ages.
Described by Victor Hugo as a "gigantic and delicate marvel", and by Goethe as a "sublimely towering, wide-spreading tree of God", the cathedral is visible far across the plains of Alsace and can be seen from as far off as the Vosges Mountains or the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine. The reddish-brown sandstone from the Vosges mountains gives the cathedral its distinctive colour.
The construction, and later maintenance, of the cathedral is supervised by the Fondation de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame ("Foundation of Our Lady") since at least 1224. The Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, a municipal museum located in the Foundation's buildings, displays original works of art from the cathedral, such as sculptures and stained-glass, but also the surviving original medieval buildings plans.
Information Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg_Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral in the Centre-Ville district of Strasbourg, France.
Strasbourg Cathedral is widely considered to be among the finest examples of Rayonnant Gothic architecture. The construction of the cathedral, which had started in the year 1015 and had been relaunched in 1190, was finished in 1439.
At 142 metres Strasbourg Cathedral was the world's tallest building for 227 years from 1647 to 1874, when it was surpassed by St. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg. Today it is the sixth-tallest church in the world and the highest still standing extant structure built entirely in the Middle Ages.
Described by Victor Hugo as a "gigantic and delicate marvel", and by Goethe as a "sublimely towering, wide-spreading tree of God", the cathedral is visible far across the plains of Alsace and can be seen from as far off as the Vosges Mountains or the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine. The reddish-brown sandstone from the Vosges mountains gives the cathedral its distinctive colour.
The construction, and later maintenance, of the cathedral is supervised by the Fondation de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame ("Foundation of Our Lady") since at least 1224. The Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, a municipal museum located in the Foundation's buildings, displays original works of art from the cathedral, such as sculptures and stained-glass, but also the surviving original medieval buildings plans.
Information Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg_Cathedral
The word "angel" in the original Greek means "messenger".
'The most beautiful feature in Strasbourg Cathedral is a tall, slender pillar surrounded by graceful statues. It seems impossible that such a fragile structure could support the roof of a cathedral, but this pillar, called the Pillar of Angels or the Pillar of Judgement, has stood for over 750 years' Quote:
www.claredunkle.com/claresblog/churches-and-religion/the-...
Archangel Gabriel is often seen as the Messenger of God. He is the angel of the annunciation of birth and death (in this cathedral). In images he is often depicted with a horn (announcement) or white lilies (the virginity of Mary)
www.spiritualcoursesonline.com/archangel-gabriel/
Photo taken from the top of the Strasbourg Cathedral.
