- The Cathedral of Saint Peter of Beauvais (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais) is a Catholic church in the northern town of Beauvais, Oise, France.
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- Gothic Architecture/Catholic Cathedrals. The Cathedral of St. Peter of Beauvais was an ambitious project with lofty goals.
- Located 60 km north of Paris, the Cathedral of Beauvais, also known as the Unfinished Cathedral, stands out for its grandeur...
- 6. The official name of the cathedral is “Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais.” It’s the official seat of the Bishop of Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis.
- The cathedral was never finished, the cathedral of Beauvais is an unfinished cathedral, the nave was never built, and it even collapsed twice.
- Ambitious and gravity-defying, the cathedral of Saint-Pierre in Beauvais boasts the record for the highest ceiling in a gothic choir.
- With a height of 48 meters, the Saint-Pierre Cathedral of Beauvais is particularly renowned for its vault, regarded as one of the highest ever constructed.
- (Murray 1989, pg. 7). The bishop-count Miles of Nanteuil had managed the building of Beauvais for eight years when the cathedral burned in 1225.
- Beauvais Cathedral was begun in 1225 AD (or "CE" for "Common Era" if you prefer the secular designation, which seems a bit pointless for a church).
