elin tapestries, 1848

NOTRE DAME DE ROUEN

[Illustration: _Notre Dame Rouen_]

_Dimensions_

Length of nave and choir, 450 feet

Width, including transepts, 177 feet

Width of nave and aisles, 105 feet

Length of choir only, 118 feet

Height of nave, 92 feet

Height of central spire, 480 feet

Height of Tour de Beurre, 252 feet

Height of Tour St. Romain, 246 feet

Area (originally), 53,000 square feet

_Chronology_

First church founded on site of cathedral by St. Mellar, VIIth century

Cathedral enlarged under Rollo, who was buried therein in 930

Consecrated and dedicated, 1063

Tour St. Romain, remains of, XIth century

Destroyed by fire, 1200

New building completed, XIIIth century

Portail de la Calende, XIVth century

Tour de Beurre laid, 1487

Tour de Beurre completed, 1507

Flamboyant west front, XVIth century

Altar of St. Romain, XVIIth century

Tomb of the Cardinals, 1556

Central spire, 1823

Restoration of west front, 1897

ST. ETIENNE DE SENS

_Dimensions_

Length, 384 feet

Width, 124 feet

Height, 98 feet

Area, 44,000 square feet

_Chronology_

Relique of True Cross given by Charlemagne, 800 A. D.

Early church destroyed by fire, 970

New church dedicated, 997

Present building completed, 1168

Choir rebuilt, 1174

Present transept and nave, XIIth and XIIIth centuries

Glass in chapel of St. Savinien, XIIIth century

Glass of rose windows, XVIth century

Mausoleum of the Dauphin, XVIIIth century

BASILIQUE DE ST. DENIS

_Dimensions_

Length of nave and choir, 354 feet

Width, 133 feet

Clerestory windows (height), 33 feet

_Chronology_

Chapel first built above grave of St. Dionysius the martyr, 275 A. D.

Benedictine abbey first founded here in reign of Dagobert, 628

Pope Stephen took refuge here, 754

Romanesque facade, 1140

Consecration of the building, 1144

Nave, XIIIth century

Abbot Suger died, 1151

General restoration by Suger's successors, XIIIth century

Crenelated battlement added to facade, XIVth century

Spire burned by lightning, XIXth century

General restoration by Viollet-le-Duc, 1860

Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette reinterred here (removed from
the Madeleine), 1817

[Illustration: CRYPT S. DENIS]

[Illustration: S DENIS]

NOTRE DAME DE ST. OMER

_Dimensions_

The great bell of tower weighs 8,500 kilos.

_Chronology_

Bishopric founded, 1533

Astronomical clock, XVIth cent