Posted Feb 26, 2013, 8:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ardecila
From what I understand, 140 years is a fairly quick completion time by European cathedral standards. What makes them so powerful is that they are not the singular vision of one man but the collective vision of a society. Hell, Chartres, Notre-Dame, etc were all built pretty much without the aid of plans on paper as we know them.
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No kidding.. Hell, the Milan Cathedral started construction in the 1300's and was only completed in 1965!
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