Back كاتدرائية بوفيه Arabic كاتدرائيه بوفيه ARZ Свети Петър (Бове) Bulgarian Katedrála svatého Petra (Beauvais) Czech Kathedrale von Beauvais German Katedralo de Beauvais Esperanto Catedral de Beauvais Spanish Beauvaisko katedrala Basque Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais French Katedraal fan Beauvais Frisian
| Beauvais Cathedral Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais | |
|---|---|
 Beauvais Cathedral from the south-east | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church |
| Province | Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis |
| Rite | Roman |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Cathedral |
| Leadership | Jacques Benoit-Gonnin[2] |
| Year consecrated | 1272[1] |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Beauvais, France |
| Geographic coordinates | 49°25′57″N 2°04′53″E / 49.4326°N 2.0814°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Enguerrand Le Riche Martin Chambiges[1] |
| Type | Church |
| Style | High Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1225[1] |
| Completed | Never completed. Works halted in 1600.[1] |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 72.5 m (238 ft) |
| Width | 67.2 m (220 ft) |
| Width (nave) | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Height (max) | 47.5 m (156 ft) (height nave)[3] |
| Official name: Cathédrale Notre-Dame | |
| Designated | 1840 |
| Reference no. | PA00114502[1] |
| Denomination | Église |
| Website | |
| www | |
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. It is the seat of the Bishop of Beauvais, Noyon and Senlis.
The cathedral is in the Gothic style, and consists of a 13th-century choir, with an apse and seven polygonal apsidal chapels reached by an ambulatory, joined to a 16th-century transept.
It has the highest Gothic choir in the world: 48.5 metres (159 ft) under vault.[4] From 1569 to 1573 the cathedral of Beauvais was, with its tower of 153 m (502 ft), the highest human construction of the world. Its designers had the ambition to make it the largest gothic cathedral in France ahead of Amiens. Victim of two collapses, one in the 13th century, the other in the 16th century, it remains unfinished today; only the choir and the transept have been built.
The planned nave of the cathedral was never constructed. The remnant of the previous 10th-century Romanesque cathedral, known as the Basse Œuvre ("Lower Work"), still occupies the intended site of the nave.
- ^ a b c d e Mérimée database 1993
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.03.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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