Cathédrale Saint-Étienne - Bourges, France
N 47° 04.906 E 002° 23.934
31T E 454370 N 5214425
[FR] La cathédrale a été inscrite en décembre 1992 sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO. [EN] The cathedral was added to the list of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 1992.
Waymark Code: WMPANT
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 07/30/2015
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[FR] Sur le plan architectural, l'édifice est remarquable à plus d'un titre, aussi bien par ses proportions harmonieuses liées en partie à l'unité de sa conception, que par la qualité de ses tympans, de ses sculptures et de ses vitraux. Longtemps ignorée, son style précurseur en fait pourtant l'égale des cathédrales de France les plus réputées.
[EN] Bourges Cathedral is notable for the simplicity of its plan, which did without transepts but which adopted the double-aisled design found in earlier high-status churches such as the Early-Christian basilica of St Peter's in Rome or in Notre Dame de Paris.
Apart from the axial chapel, Bourges Cathedral retains most of its original ambulatory glass, which dates from about 1215 (around the same time as Chartres Cathedral). The glazing programme includes a famous Typological window (similar to examples at Sens and Canterbury), several hagiographic cycles, the story of the Old Testament patriarch, Joseph and symbolic depictions of the Apocalypse and Last Judgement. Other windows show the Passion and three of Christ's parables; the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the story of Dives and Lazarus.
Type: Site
Reference number: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/635
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