Amiens Cathedral, in the heart of Picardy, is one of the largest 'classic' Gothic churches of the 13th century. It is notable for the coherence of its plan, the beauty of its three-tier interior ...

Other questions plagued the cathedral overseers. Their building plans eschewed the flying buttresses and pointed arches of the traditional Gothic style ... on the octagonal floor plan dictated ...

The architect Basil Spencer had won the competition with his radical departure from the Gothic original. He recalled that when the plans for the new steel and concrete cathedral were revealed in ...

The Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for ... of Christianity in medieval France.

Amiens Cathedral in north-western France is a Gothic masterpiece built before Notre Dame Cathedral ... A road to God has been drawn on the Cathedral floor. It is a Sacred Maze. People would wander, ...