Rouen Cathedral

Rouen Cathedral
Primatial Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Rouen
Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen (French)
Location	3 rue Saint-Romain 76000 Rouen, Normandy France
Denomination	Catholic Church
Website	rouen.catholique.fr www.cathedrale-rouen.net
History
Status	Cathedral
Dedication	Assumption of Mary
Consecrated	1 October 1063 in the presence of William the Conqueror[1]
Relics held	Saint Romain
Architecture
Functional status	Yes
Heritage designation	Classée Monument Historique
Designated	1862[2]
Architectural type	church
Style	Gothic
Groundbreaking	1030[1]
Completed	1880
Specifications
Number of towers	2
Number of spires	2
Administration
Archdiocese	Rouen
Clergy
Archbishop	Dominique Lebrun
Priest(s)	Fr.Christophe Potel
Laity
Organist(s)	Lionel Coulon
Building details
Record height
Tallest in the world from 1876 to 1880[I]
Preceded by	St. Nicholas' Church, Hamburg
Surpassed by	Cologne Cathedral
General information
Coordinates	49°26′25″N 1°05′42″E / 49.4402°N 1.0950°E / 49.4402; 1.0950
Height
Antenna spire	151 m (495 ft)
References
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Rouen Cathedral (French: Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen) is a Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. It is the see of the Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy.^[4] It is famous for its three towers, each in a different style. The cathedral, built and rebuilt over a period of more than eight hundred years, has features from Early Gothic to late Flamboyant and Renaissance architecture.^[5][4] It also has a place in art history as the subject of a series of impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, and in architecture history as from 1876 to 1880, it was the tallest building in the world.^[6]