Tournai Cathedral

The Tournai Cathedral, or Cathedral of Our Lady, is a Roman Catholic church, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been categorised both as a Wallonia's major history due to the fact that 1936 and as a World Heritage Site for the reason that 2000. There changed into a diocese targeted at Tournai from the late 6th century and this shape of nearby blue-grey stone occupies rising floor close to the south financial institution of the Scheldt, which divides the town of Tournai into two kind of equal parts.

Begun inside the 12th century on even older foundations, the constructing combines the work of three design durations with placing effect, the heavy and extreme character of the Romanesque nave contrasting remarkably with the Transitional work of the transept and the absolutely advanced Gothic of the choir. The transept is the most special part of the constructing, with its cluster of 5 bell towers and apsidal ends. The nave belongs by and large to the first third of the 12th century. Prefiguring the Early Gothic fashion, it has a 2nd-tier gallery between the floor-floor arcade and the triforium.