CATHEDRAL OF OUR LADY OF STRASBOURG

CATHOLIC, STRASBOURG, ALSACE, FRANCE

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The Cathedral in Strasbourg, Alsace is famous for its great wheel window in the Western face. This window was added between 1320 and 1340, and has been substantially restored since. Rays of yellow glass radiate outwards like a sun, surrounded mosaic-like pieces of green and blue and by small oculi with red floral designs. Photographs ##3, 4 show outside views. • Unusually, the two transepts each feature two rose windows, side by side. (The South transept is shown in #6.) Even more unusual is that these rose windows appear to be seldom photographed. Photo #2 shows one of the North transept windows. [Photo Credits: #1 Wikimedia Clostridium ; #2 Wikimedia Ralph Hammann ; #3 Wikimedia Diliff ; #4 Wikimedia Magadan ; #5 Wikimedia Javier Kohen ]

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