Soissons Cathedral

Soissons Cathedral is a Gothic basilica church in Soissons, France. It is the seat of the Bishop of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin. The development of the south transept was started around 1177, and the most reduced courses of the choir in 1182. The agile southern transept, the most seasoned part of the entire building, ends in an apse. In contrast to the remainder of the structure, it is isolated inside into four instead of three levels.

The choir end of the church building has recolored glass from the 13th century. An embroidered artwork from the 15th century portrays the life of the saints Gervasius and Protasius, the benefactor holy people of the house of prayer. Rubens' Adoration of the Shepherds hangs in the northern transept, as completes an artwork by Philippe de Champaigne. This was sooner than Chartres, on which the plan should have been based. Work then proceeded into the nave until the late 13th century.

The single western pinnacle dates from the mid-13th century and is an impersonation of those of Notre-Dame de Paris, which it rises to in tallness 66 m, or 216 ft. The pinnacle was reestablished after it and part of the nave were seriously harmed in World War I. A coordinating pinnacle on the opposite side of the facade was initially arranged, however never constructed.