The Nave is at the western end of the Abbey and contains the graves and memorials of many famous people. When Henry III died in 1272 his magnificent new Gothic Abbey was not complete and so it ...

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

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It is especially distinguished by a Romanesque nave of extraordinary dimensions, a wealth of sculpture on its capitals and a transept topped by five towers, all precursors of the Gothic style. The ...

Gothic architecture, or the 'modern style' as it was known 850 years ago ... siphoned off' the weight of the nave, and the outward thrust of the nave vault, 'leap frogged' over the lower aisles ...

The nave is situated in the west end of the cathedral ... It is built in the Early English Gothic style and has a simple layout in the shape of a cross. This cathedral is built of 70 thousand ...

As architectural techniques evolved, the Gothic style gradually came to the fore, particularly in its impressive vaulted nave and 14 th century cloister. Then, in the 15 th and 16 th centuries ...