Rouen Cathedral

Rouen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France, that has been built and rebuilt over a period of more than 800 years. The cathedral has features from Early Gothic to late Flamboyant and Renaissance architecture, and is notable for its three towers, each in a different style. It has a place in art history as the subject of a series of impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, and in architecture history as the tallest building in the world from 1876 to 1880. The cathedral has a complex history, with various renovations and additions made over the centuries, including a series of Viking raids in the 9th century, a Romanesque rebuild in the 11th century, and a Gothic reconstruction in the 12th century.learn more on wikipedia