Cathedral of Notre-Dame

Its Cathedral of Notre-Dame is a fine transitional late 12th-century Romanesque-Gothic edifice. The fifth church to be built on the site, it was restored after heavy damage in World War I. The Hôtel de Ville (town hall) and old ecclesiastical buildings were also ruined in the…

…is given prominence, but in Noyon (begun c. 1150) and Laon cathedrals the four elements mentioned above are all used, with the result that the arcade is comparatively small. Subsequently, the arcade came back into prominence with Bourges Cathedral (begun c. 1195). But one of the most influential buildings was…