• 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.
  • Beauvais Cathedral was designed to surpass the dazzling scale and proportions at Amiens.
  • In Beauvais, it was in 1225 that the old cathedral-church, now called the ‘Basse-Œuvre,’ was destroyed.
  • Instead, Beauvais Cathedral wound up as one of the most unluckiest projects of its time, the unfortunate victim of its own elaborate architectural plan, which was...
  • The Saint-Pierre cathedral dominates the city of Beauvais by its prodigious dimensions: its Gothic choir of the 13th century, 48 m high under vault, is the highest of...
  • It is the seat of the bishop of Beauvais, Senlis and Noyon, of the roman Catholic Church and the bishop's building is located right behind the cathedral.
  • We attest a first presence on Beauvais in the 3rd century and the construction of a first cathedral in the 10th century.
  • 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).
  • Ambitious and gravity-defying, the cathedral of Saint-Pierre in Beauvais boasts the record for the highest ceiling in a gothic choir.
  • Various disasters which happened during construction, including the collapse of the 153 m high spire in the 16th century, have left the Beauvais Cathedral without a...