Ad Orientem: the Orientation of Gothic Cathedrals of France
Abstract
Here the orientation of the Gothic cathedrals in France is discussed and investigated using the satellite maps. Except a few of them, these buildings have the apse facing the rising sun, according to a practice adopted during the middle age.
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