Gothic cathedrals and churches are religious buildings constructed in Europe in Gothic style between the mid-12th century and the beginning of the 16th century. The cathedrals are notable particularly
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Salisbury Cathedral exterior
Koelner dom blick nach osten
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The construction of Gothic cathedrals was an ambitious, expensive, and technically demanding aspect of life in the Late Middle Ages.
The Building of the Temple by Jean Fouquet (c. 1465). The Temple of Solomon is depicted as a Gothic building under construction. Miniature from an illuminated manuscript of Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews (c. 93/4 AD) made for John, Duke of Berry.
A window at Bourges Cathedral showing carpenters, barrel makers and wheelwrights (lower panels) the windows' likely sponsors
Tombstone of Hugues Libergier, Master Mason of Reims Cathedral, depicts him in the robes of a doctor of theology
Dagobert visiting the construction site of Saint-Denis "Les Grandes Chroniques de France". 15th century, Bibliothèque nationale de France