The Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption is a Roman Catholic parish church of the town of Rouffach in southern Alsace. It is one of the largest medieval churches in the Haut-Rhin département of France. T
Kirche Rouffach 1
The church in 1859, without the unfinished twin towers
South East side of the church
Clock on the unfinished tower
Crossing (architecture)
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A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, is the junction of the four arms of a cruciform church.
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach
…A sacristy was added to the building after 1918. The north tower is 56 m (184 ft) high, the south tower only 42 m (138 ft). The top of the octagonal crossing tower, which was restored in 1854, reaches a height of 68 m (223 ft). The total exterior length of the church is 68 meters as well, and the total…
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