Coutances  Cathedral

Coutances Cathedral is a Gothic Roman Catholic basilica built from 1210 to 1274 in the town of Coutances, Normandy, France. It joined the remaining parts of a prior Norman church. It is the seat of the Bishop of Coutances and Avranches and was beforehand that of the Bishop of Coutances. Standing 80 meters or 295 ft tall, it commands the town and can be seen from as far away as the island of Jersey. It is an exemplary case of the Gothic style of Normandy in its utilization of long, straight, vertical lines. In the south walkway is a column with a cut capital depicting medieval women.

The lamp tower is designed to provide an extreme wellspring of light in the focal point of the house of God. Eyes are attracted to the hover at the inside which is intended to speak to Heaven, while the earth is the square, and the octagon speaks to the Resurrection. The Chapel of Saint Laud, likewise in the south walking, is one of the oldest pieces of the basilica, dating from the 13th century. The recolored glass window demonstrates details from the life of Saint Lo, including the holy person praising mass with the bird of the Holy Spirit showing up over the special stepped area. The house of God has had an organ since before 1468. The present organ was worked in 1728 and has four consoles or manuals, 51 stops and a pedal board. The west window is incompletely hidden by the organ.