The Gothic cathedral—from St.-Denis and Notre-Dame of Paris to Chartres, Reims, and Amiens—stands out for a reason. Their flying buttresses, lofty towers, and subaqueous stained-glass windows ...

Religious sites in France aren’t just places of worship—they’re architectural and cultural icons, filled with centuries-old artistry and history. From grand cathedrals to intimate chapels, each site ...

Gothic cathedrals represent medieval ... joined forces with revolutionary ribbed vaults and gravity-defying flying buttresses ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from ... pinnacles, flying buttresses, and tracery windows.

Located along the picturesque River Seine, the Notre-Dame Cathedral is considered a Gothic masterpiece and ... featuring an ornate flying buttress just begging to be photographed.

The Gothic Age was famed for its towering churches ... To free up even more wall space, you can make the buttresses “flying buttresses” with their support “flying” in with more arches.

POOL/AFP via Getty Images President Macron and his wife, first lady Brigitte Macron, were shown around inside the Gothic ... cathedral’s stained glass windows, roof and signature flying buttresses.

Throughout the room were pictures of Cologne Cathedral ... As an example of Gothic architecture, it bears many iconic elements of the style: pointed arches, flying buttresses, tall spires ...

This near-rustic view of the cathedral’s nave and flying buttresses shows the cathedral just before it got its signature spire. Meryon—who ended his life in an asylum—is most admired for his ...

Gothic Revival architecture is recognizable by its pointed arches, flying buttresses ... institutions were constructed based on the grand cathedrals and Gothic castles of Europe from the 11th ...

Here, in 1163, the first stone of the Gothic cathedral was laid and, before the end of the 12th century, some of the earliest flying buttresses were constructed. Between 1200 and the 1240s ...