Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Bourges Cathedral' has mentioned 'Chevet' in the following places:
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| Contents 1 History 1.1 Earlier cathedrals 1.2 The Gothic cathedral (12thxe2x80x9313th century) 1.3 14thxe2x80x9316th century 1.4 17thxe2x80x9318th century 1.5 19thxe2x80x9321st century 2 Exterior 2.1 Faxc3xa7ade or west front 2.2 Portals 2.3 Towers and the Grand Housteau 2.4 North and south sides 2.5 The Chevet 3 Interior 3.1 Plan and elevation 3.2 Nave and choir 3.3 Chapels 3.4 Lower church and the tomb of the Duke of Berry 3.5 Organ 3.6 Astronomical clock 4 Stained glass 4.1 Grand Housteau and apse 4.2 Windows of the apse ambulatory (13th century) 4.3 Stained Glass Legendary Windows in the Disambulatory (13th century) 4.4 Windows of the nave and choir 4.5 15th- and 16th-century stained glass 5 See also 6 Notes and citations 7 Bibliography 8 External links | WIKI |
| It served as the base for the next portion, the chevet or east end, which was finished in about 1206. | WIKI |
| The Chevet[edit] | WIKI |
| The Chevet is the French term for the exterior of the apse, the east end of the cathedral, with its ring of radiating chapels. | WIKI |
| The chevet of Bourges is different from the other High Gothic cathedrals, since the lower aisles have different elevations, and the chevet rises upwards in three steps, with the upper walls supported by six converging buttresses that leap over the lower levels. | WIKI |
| Radiating chapels of the chevet of Bourges Cathedral The chevet xe2x80x93 side view | WIKI |
| The interior is 118 metres (387xc2xa0ft) long from the west front to the chevet. | WIKI |
| Bourges Cathedral is noted for its immense and unified interior space; there is no interruption in the interior between the west front and the chevet on the east. | WIKI |
| The cathedral is ringed with chapels constructed over the centuries, inserted into the spaces between the buttresses on the flanks, and radiating in a half-circle around the chevet. | WIKI |
| The lower church was constructed first atop the old ramparts to level a steep slope of six meters and to serve as a foundation for the chevet and the last first traverse of the upper church. | WIKI |