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Abbaye aux Hommes

Construction began in: 1066 Status: Location: Geographic Coordinates: Structural Type: Function / usage: in use Caen, Calvados (14), BasseNormandie, France 49 10' 54" North 0 22' 22" West Sexpartite rib vault Church
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Role Architect Name Lanfranc Dom Guillaume de La Tremblaye Matre Guillaume Part of structure

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height to key of crossing tower length of ambulatory faade height of south tower height of north tower width of base section height of base section thickness of wall of western faade nave width of nave length of nave height of nave vaulting length of central aisle transept length of transept 31.20 m 5.60 m 80 m 82 m 28.30 m 24.50 m 2.16 m 11.45 m 56 m 20.80 m 110 m 38 m
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Abbaye aux Hommes | Structurae

width of transept

42.10 m

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L'architecture religieuse en Occident: Abbaye aux Hommes et Abbaye aux Dames de Caen Mary Ann Sullivan: The Abbey church of Saint tienne (part of L'Abbaye-aux-Hommes) Romanes.com: Abbaye aux Dames de Caen Sacred Destinations: Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen Universit du Qubec: Musique: Orgues: France: glise (Ancienne abbatiale) Saint-tienne (Former Abbey Church) Wikipdia: Abbaye aux Hommes

Relevant Literature
Dictionnaire des glises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse (Tome IV-B), Robert Laffont, Paris (France) ; pp. 28-30. Chastel, Andr L'art franais (tome 3), Flammarion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2080101900, 1995; pp. 276. Denizeau, Grard Histoire visuelle des Monuments de France, Larousse, Paris (France) , ISBN 2035052017, 2003; pp. 58. Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain Histoire de l'architecture franaise (Tome 1), Editions du Patrimoine, Mengs, Paris (France) , ISBN 2856203671, 1995; pp. 176-179. Musset, Lucien Normandie romane (Tome 1), Editions Zodiaque, Saint-Lger-Vauban (France) , 1967; pp. 49-61.

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