Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
Belgium
Date of Inscription: 2000
Criteria: (ii)(iv) Core zone: 0.4963 ha Province of Hainaut, Wallonia Region N50 36 21.7 E3 23 21.3 Ref: 1009 |
Brief Description
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai was built in the first half of the 12th century. 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 choir, rebuilt in the 13th century, is in the pure Gothic style.