Executive summary by Darmansjah
Strasbourg Cathedral's west façade, viewed from Rue
Mercière
Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of
Strasbourg (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, German:
Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg), also known as Strasbourg Minster, is a Roman
Catholic cathedral in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Although considerable parts
of it are still in Romanesque architecture, it is widely considered to be among
the finest examples of high, or late, Gothic architecture. Erwin von Steinbach
is credited for major contributions from 1277 to his death in 1318.
At 142 metres (466 feet), it was the world's tallest
building from 1647 to 1874 (227 years), 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 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. Sandstone from the Vosges used in construction gives
the cathedral its characteristic pink hue.
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