Gothic architecture

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Chartres Cathedral

Reims Cathedral

Amiens Cathedral

cathedral of Siena, Italy

The north rose window in Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France.

Chartres Cathedral

Requena: Gothic portal of the church of Santa María

The interior of Gloucester Cathedral cloisters, England, begun 1337.

Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, Eng.

Notre-Dame's soaring Gothic interior

Visitation, detail of the Virgin's Portal, west facade, Reims Cathedral, 1225–45.

Reims Cathedral

Gothic tracery in the rose window (1350) above the west portal of the church of St. Lorenz, Nürnberg, Ger.

Prague: St. Vitus's Cathedral

West facade of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, Eng.

The area of a bay indicated in a reconstruction of a Gothic vault, from Le Premier Tome de l'architecture de Philibert de L'Orme (1567), by Philibert Delorme

four common types of vault

The fascinating history of Neuschwanstein Castle

Visit St. Paul's Church in Antwerp, Belgium

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Chartres Cathedral

Reims Cathedral

Amiens Cathedral

cathedral of Siena, Italy

The north rose window in Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France.

Chartres Cathedral

Requena: Gothic portal of the church of Santa María

The interior of Gloucester Cathedral cloisters, England, begun 1337.

The fascinating history of Neuschwanstein Castle

Visit St. Paul's Church in Antwerp, Belgium

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