Strasbourg Cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg - Strasbourg Cathedral. West façade and main portal.
"The Façade, by Erwin of Steinbach, is justly the most admired part of the edifice, and presents a singular happy union of the style of N. France (horizontal members, and a fine rose-window, 44 ft. in diameter) with the perpendicular tendency peculiar to German cathedrals. The walls are covered with delicate tracery, and the entire building is embellished with numerous sculptures (many of them restored in the 19th cent.)".--Baedeker 1911
Part of Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt UNESCO World Heritage site.
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