The construction of this building pioneered a new type of compound column to support the arches in an arcade called a "pilier cantonnÂ´e".
The construction of this building pioneered a new type of compound column to support the arches in an arcade called a "pilier cantonnÂ´e". Yves Delaporte resolved a famous scholarly debate about whether this cathedral was built from west to east rather than the usual pattern of east to west by showing construction began with its crossing. This church's exterior ismarked by two notably asymmetric spires, a 349-foot, plain Romanesque spire and a 377-foot, ornate one rebuilt in the 16th century. Only four pieces of stained glass survived the 1194 Âre that destroyed an earlier iteration of this cathedral, but one of the survivors is the famous "Blue Virgin" window nicknamed "Notre Dame de la Belle Verri`ere" or "Our Lady of the LovelyWindow" to honor its relic the "Sancta Camisa". This cathedral's design expanded the clerestory to drastically increase window size, which required the heavy use of flflying buttresses that distinguish its exterior. For 10 points, name this Gothic cathedral located in a town south of Paris that supposedly houses the robe the Virgin wore while giving birth.
The construction of this building pioneered a new type of compound column to support the arches in an arcade called a "pilier cantonnÂ´e".
Chartres Cathedral [or Notre-Dame de Chartres; or Our Lady of Chartres]