Notre Dame Cathedral North Rose Window
The rose windows are a trio of immense round stained glass windows over the cathedral s three main portals that date.
Notre dame cathedral north rose window. The rose window was often placed above a row of vertical lights as the apex of the composition the small corner spandrels between the rose and lower tier being filled by smaller lights of rose form as in the transepts of st denis and notre dame. The north window of notre dame de paris. The stained glass on the northern side of the notre dame cathedral in paris. The cathedral features three rose windows so named because of the outward radiating circular pattern they are built in.
Getty the notre dame rose windows were imperiled by the blaze. The earliest window which punctures the west facade of the cathedral dates back to 1225. The ravages of time and war destroyed a majority of the great glass works of the middle ages though human arrogance also took its toll. The three large stained glass rose windows at notre dame cathedral are among the landmark s most famous elements.
Unlike most of the glass in paris and much of france these two contain nearly all of their original elements. The north rose window of notre dame paris. When it comes to famous windows few are quite as vivid as the rose windows in the notre dame cathedral in chartres. The iconic rose windows are among notre dame s most recognizable features.
The north and south roses were. Built in 1260 ad then when you think it doesn t get any better than this you spin around and there in the north transept is if anything an even more spectacular window.