Exterior view

In Strasbourg around 1240, immediately after the completion of the cathedral choir and transept in the Late Romanesque style, a new Gothic nave was begun. This demonstrates a perfect control of the latest French forms. The architect constructed the most modern building of its time in Germany, its forms largely based on the new building work at Saint-Denis which had begun a few years before. He borrowed motifs but not copied them exactly.

The photo shows the exterior of the nave.

View the ground plan of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Strasbourg.