BEAUVAIS CATHEDRAL
The Cathedral of Saint Peter of Beauvais, in French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais - is an incomplete Roman Catholic cathedral located in Beauvais, in northern France. It is the seat of the Bishop of Beauvais. In some respects, it's the most daring achievement of Gothic architecture, and consists only of a transept of the 16thcentury and choir, with apse and seven polygonal apsidal chapels, from the 13th century.
At first, the cathedral was going to be a symbol of French unity and a masterpiece of architecture. But as the project moved forward, people fell out of favor, money became tight, and priorities changed. Later the cathedral project was reinvigorated.
Under Bishop Guillaume de Grez, an extra 4.9 metres (16 feet) was added to the height, to make it the tallest cathedral in Europe. The vaulting in the interior of the choir reaches 48 metres in height, far surpassing the concurrently constructed Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Amiens, with its 42 metres (138 ft.) nave. But in 1248, the choir section collapsed and the nave was never completed.
However, large-scale Gothic design continued, and the choir was rebuilt at the same height, albeit with more columns in the chevet and choir. The transept was built from 1500 to 1548.
In 1573, the fall of a too-ambitious 153 metres central tower stopped work again. The tower would have made the church the second highest structure in the world at the time, after St. Olaf's church, in Tallinn, Estonia.
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