Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Bourges Cathedral' has mentioned 'Tower' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Construction of the south tower was halted, probably out of caution, and work also stopped on the north tower. | WIKI |
| Cracks appeared in the south tower which threatened the west front. | WIKI |
| In 1314 King Philip Le Bel offered financial assistance, the faxc3xa7ade was strengthened and a supporting buttress was added to the south tower. | WIKI |
| The long-troubled north tower was finally finished, but its foundations were still faulty. | WIKI |
| To raise funds for its reconstruction, Archbishop Guillaume de Cambrai offered dispensations to eat butter during Lent in exchange for contributions to the tower fund. | WIKI |
| The tower was repaired between 1508 and 1524, and thereafter was nicknamed the Butter Tower. | WIKI |
| After the 1506 tower collapse, the upper central portion of the west front, above the central portals, known as the Grand Housteau, was reconstructed in the Flamboyant Gothic style. | WIKI |
| The original tympanums of the north portals, on the left from the center, were destroyed when the north tower collapsed in 1506 and were redone in the 16th century, in a somewhat different style from older tympanums. | WIKI |
| upper facade Top of the north tower, with its flamboyant decoration and bronze pelican The flamboyant Grand Housteau and west rose window The bell of the Duke Jean and the bronze pelican on the north tower | WIKI |
| The north tower is the only one finished and is the taller of the two. | WIKI |
| This tower contains the six bells of the cathedral, which replaced those melted down during the Revolution. | WIKI |
| The south tower, the shorter of the two and unfinished, had insufficient foundations and was unstable from the beginning. | WIKI |
| This buttress, besides supporting the tower, contained a stairway and the small prison operated by the Cathedral chapter. | WIKI |
| The south tower originally contained the belfry and the great bells of the cathedral. | WIKI |
| As a result, the tower was called "Le Sourde" ("the deaf") or "Le Muette" ("The silent"). | WIKI |
| It is later than the rest of the west front, rebuilt in the 16th century in the Flamboyant Gothic style, following the collapse of the north tower. | WIKI |
| It was destroyed in 1506 by the collapse of the neighbouring tower. | WIKI |
| The crypt and the terrace of the north tower receive about 30,000 visitors each year. | UNESCO |