Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Strasbourg - a beautiful and majestic building, which has long been considered the tallest building in Europe. The highest part of the cathedral is the North Tower, 142 meters tall, which was completed in 1439. The title of the tallest buildings it retained until the end of the XIX century. The south tower of the cathedral was never built, so another feature of the already outstanding building called its asymmetry.

The Cathedral was started in 1015. Scientists have established that earlier on this site was an ancient Roman sanctuary. The construction began in the era of Romanesque architecture, so the earlier part of the cathedral is inherent in this style, and the rest of the typical Gothic style and an abundance of relief decoration. Construction of the cathedral was carried out over several centuries, during the breaks occurred, caused by fire and death to finance the work of the bishop (XI-XII century). The basic material used red sandstone from the Vosges. By the way, the cathedral is still recognized as one of the world's largest facilities of this stone.

Among the architects of the cathedral was Ulrich von Ensingen, participate in the construction of the Cathedral of Ulm. A spire of the North Tower was built by the Cologne master Johann Hulttsem - maybe that's why in terms of the Strasbourg Cathedral are similar to the appearance of the cathedral in Cologne.

From jewelry Strasbourg Cathedral note triple portal sculpture depicting Christian prophets and wise men. At the Cathedral of the XV century baptismal font is stored, the old organ, tapestries, cathedral windows decorated with exquisite stained-glass windows. One of the main attractions of the cathedral known as the astronomical clock. The first mechanism was designed back in the middle of the XIV century. In the first half of the XIX century, watches were supplemented by a mechanism that shows the orbits of Earth and the other known planets at that time.

Cathedral is located in Cathedral Square, in the summer it becomes a party tsvetomuzykalny show.