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). [1] This design, with its distinctive triangular cross section, was subsequently copied at Toledo Cathedral and in the choir at Le Mans. The church was decommissioned in 1793, and not reinstated for worship in 1802, when the former abbey church took over the role of parish church.

The clock's bells chime on the quarter hour, and chime the Salve Regina on the hour. The front of the church is int too good of shape for the back to have collapse. Plans for an impressive church were accepted in the 1860s, drawn up by Pierre Bossan, architect to the Archdiocese of Lyon, where his most significant work was the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière. The flying buttresses surrounding the cathedral are relatively slender and efficient, particularly compared to the contemporary but much heavier flyers at Chartres. The project of a large church for a new parish was decided upon in 1830 to serve the rising population of the city consequent upon its industrial growth. Other articles where Saint-Étienne is discussed: Bourges: …by the Gothic cathedral of Saint-Étienne, which dominates the city. In 1828 engines on the first French railway line began transporting coal from Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux on the Loire, 10 miles (16 km) away. Bourges Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Bourges, France. [4], Bourges Cathedral at UNESCO World Heritage, The 13th-century stained glass of Bourges Cathedral, Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, Prehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère valley, Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bourges_Cathedral&oldid=972229809, Monuments of the Centre des monuments nationaux, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 August 2020, at 23:09. In 1944, it was hit by a shell aimed at a column of German tanks which was parked in the vicinity. The west façade is on a particularly grand scale when compared to earlier cathedrals. Jean-Yves Marin, "Archéologie urbaine à Caen en 1982 - Rapport préliminaire", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Saint-Étienne-le-Vieux&oldid=974537421, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 August 2020, at 16:06. It is in the High Gothic and Romanesque architectural styles. [2] I just added this to my collection of favourite reddit pics. By that time inflation had reduced the value of the endowment and there was a shortage of labour, and the church that was eventually built, which was finished on 20 November 1923 but not consecrated until 23 May 1933 by Cardinal Maurin, Archbishop of Lyons, was significantly less than what had been planned: it is missing three of the intended four belltowers and a dome, as well as quantities of external and internal decorations.[2]. The building was a highly ambitious one from the start, and remains unfinished. Someone posted a link to the artist's page showing it as a collage of images on the r/pics thread. Definitely Final Fantasy...Amano eat your heart out. The dedication to Charles Borromeo was an indirect compliment to the then monarch, Charles X. Other articles where Saint-Étienne is discussed: Caen: The churches of Saint-Étienne (the Abbaye-aux-Hommes) La Trinité (the Abbaye-aux-Dames) escaped war damage; both date from the 1060s and are fine specimens of Norman Romanesque. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Stephen and is the seat of the Archbishop of Bourges. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It has been the cathedral of the Diocese of Saint-Étienne since its creation on 26 December 1970.. In de middeleeuwen vormde Metz en omgeving het kleine prinsbisdom Metz.. De kathedraal werd in de 14e eeuw gevormd door twee kerken samen te voegen: het schip van Saint-Étienne (13e eeuw) werd verbonden met de noordzijde van een oudere romaanse kerk. The cathedral was added to the list of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 1992. Other articles where Saint-Étienne is discussed: Bourges: …by the Gothic cathedral of Saint-Étienne, which dominates the city. The organ in the choir dates from 1930, and there is another very imposing one by A. Durand from 1968. After many years in storage they were destroyed in a fire, and had to be reconstructed by Adrien Rey [fr], from preliminary drawings by Bossan's partner, Giniez, which had been kept by his children. Built after the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State, it is one of the few cathedrals in France owned by the diocese, which is wholly responsible for its upkeep. See more ideas about Cathedral, Place of worship, Cathedral church. The first stone was blessed on 3 November 1912 by Monsignor Déchelette, Auxiliary Bishop of Lyons. The building is 80 metres (260 ft) long, 30 metres (98 ft) wide and 17 metres (56 ft) from the centre of the roof vault to the ground. The main phase of construction is therefore roughly contemporaneous with Chartres Cathedral (begun 1194), some 200 kilometres (124 miles) to the northwest. It's beautiful, so very very beautiful... What's with the person balancing on the railing? Unifying all five portals is a dado screen of gabled niches which stretches the whole width of the façade. This article is about the cathedral located in the Loire department of France, Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne, 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State, "Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel", Forez-info.com: Histoire de la Cathédrale Saint-Charles, Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Saint-Étienne, Diocese of Saint-Étienne official website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Étienne_Cathedral&oldid=963117971, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 June 2020, at 23:06. Since that time the church has not been the object of restoration work and in its state of disrepair is not open to the public. Begun at the end of the 12th century on the site of earlier sanctuaries, it was completed in 50 years, receiving later additions. Posted in r/pics by u/aceflight17 • 274 points and 20 comments However, since this was a fairly new technique, one can easily see the walls were still made quite thick to take the force. [4] The nave was largely destroyed. The octagonal lantern tower dates from this time. Or is this just fantasy? As is often the case with Gothic churches, the central portal carries sculpted scenes related to the Last Judgement, whilst the south portals are dedicated to the lives of saints - here St Ursinus and St Stephen. The church was probably founded during the 10th century when the city of Caen began its first significant growth. It is. It has been the cathedral of the Diocese of Saint-Étienne since its creation on 26 December 1970. Not enough seemingly random posts in the walls. The use of flying buttresses was employed to help the structure of the building.

The choir was in use (though not necessarily complete) by 1214 and the nave was finished by 1255. The church used in the photo manipulation is indeed the Cathedral St Etienne in Bourges but it doesn't look like this. It is not to be confused with the nearby Church of Saint-Étienne, the former church of the Abbaye aux Hommes. The astronomical clock of Bourges Cathedral was first installed in November 1424, during the reign of Charles VII, when the royal court was based in Bourges, for the occasion of the baptism of his son the Dauphin (the future Louis XI). New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. The building was finally consecrated in 1324. Other windows show the Passion and three of Christ's parables; the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the story of Dives and Lazarus. Even if a WWII bomb caused part of the church to collapse while the rest stood, there should at least be missing window sections in the front of the church. The parish was part of the deanery of Caen in the former diocese of Bayeux. The fact that the east end protrudes beyond the line of the Gallo-Roman walls and that royal permission to demolish those walls was only granted in 1183 shows that work on the foundations cannot have started before that date. [2], A provisional chapel was built in the Rue Émile Combes in 1829, although only dedicated in 1840, as a temporary measure while the new large church was constructed. Their steep angle helps to channel the thrust from the nave vaults and the wind loading on the roof to the outer buttress piers more effectively. Structural problems with the South tower led to the building of the adjoining buttress tower in the mid-14th century. The north portals were destroyed when the tower collapsed but surviving fragments indicate that their sculptural programmes were dedicated to the life and death of the Virgin.

So...uh...OP...Is this the real life? Threatened with demolition, it was saved at the very last minute thanks to the action of Arcisse de Caumont and Antoine Charma. Is this a painting as the background doesn't look real. Because of its exposed position along the ramparts of the city, the church was badly damaged during the Hundred Years' War, particularly during the Siege of Caen in 1417. The local architect who finally built the church from them was Francisque Dodat. I've never seen a church with a bridge in the middle of the Nave, Old buildings will collapse into a pile of "rocks", but not round river stones. William the Conqueror’s tomb is in front of Saint-Étienne’s high altar, and the tomb of his wife, Matilda, stands in La Trinité’s choir.… On this occasion, the choir was remodelled to conform to the liturgical prescriptions of the Second Vatican Council. The date when construction began is unknown, although a document of 1195 recording expenditure on rebuilding works suggests that construction was already underway by that date. The inner aisle has a higher vault than the outer one, while both the central nave and the inner aisle have similar three-part elevations with arcade, triforium and clerestory windows; a design which admits considerably more light than one finds in more conventional double-aisled buildings like Notre-Dame.

The original mechanism is on display in the cathedral. The present Cathedral was built as a replacement for a mid-11th-century structure, traces of which survive in the crypt.

As with most Early- and High Gothic cathedrals, the identity of the architect or master-mason is unknown. 198 were here. It is mentioned for the first time in the charters granted by William the Conqueror to the two abbeys of Caen under the name of sanctus Stephanus Vetus in around 1067.

It was reconstructed during and after the English occupation.