The highest Gothic cathedral in the world is also the most unstable: its builders dared to take the stone and mortar beyond its limits. St. Peter's Cathedral of Beauvais was designed to overcome any other existing Gothic structure. In fact, it was designed to be the largest and sumptuous church in the world. Its construction began in 1225 and in the race to raise the highest cathedral, the builders of St. Peter's of Beauvais brought the technolo…
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The highest Gothic cathedral in the world is also the most unstable: its builders dared to take the stone and mortar beyond its limits. St. Peter's Cathedral of Beauvais was designed to overcome any other existing Gothic structure. In fact, it was designed to be the largest and sumptuous church in the world. Its construction began in 1225 and in the race to raise the highest cathedral, the builders of St. Peter's of Beauvais brought the technolo…