Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Chartres Cathedral' has mentioned 'Tower' in the following places:
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The building's exterior is dominated by heavy flying buttresses which allowed the architects to increase the window size significantly, while the west end is dominated by two contrasting spiresxc2xa0xe2x80x93 a 105-metre (349xc2xa0ft) plain pyramid completed around 1160 and a 113-metre (377xc2xa0ft) early 16th-century Flamboyant spire on top of an older tower. | WIKI |
[5] Construction was begun immediately on a new tower, the north tower, which was finished in about 1150. | WIKI |
The south tower, begun in 1144, was much more ambitious; it had a spire atop the tower, and, when finished in about 1160, it reached a height of 105 metres or 345 feet, one of the highest in Europe. | WIKI |
Length: 130 metres (430xc2xa0ft) Width: 32 metres (105xc2xa0ft) / 46 metres (151xc2xa0ft) Nave: height 37 metres (121xc2xa0ft); width 16.4 metres (54xc2xa0ft) Ground area: 10,875 square metres (117,060xc2xa0sqxc2xa0ft) Height of south-west tower: 105 metres (344xc2xa0ft) Height of north-west tower: 113 metres (371xc2xa0ft) 176 stained-glass windows Choir enclosure: 200 statues in 41 scenes | WIKI |
The Flamboyant Gothic North Tower (finished 1513) (left) and older South Tower (1144xe2x80x931150) (right) Detail of the South Tower Detail of the Flamboyant Gothic North Tower The clock pavilion, with a 24-hour astronomical clock | WIKI |
The north tower was begun in 1134, to replace a Romanesque tower that was damaged by fire. | WIKI |
The south tower was begun in about 1144 and was finished in 1150. | WIKI |
It was more ambitious, and has an octagonal masonry spire on a square tower, and reaches a height of 105 meters. | WIKI |
As the cathedral was rebuilt, the famous west rose window was installed between the two towers (13th century),[16] and in 1507, the architect Jean Texier (also sometimes known as Jehan de Beauce) designed a spire for the north tower, to give it a height and appearance closer to that of the south tower. | WIKI |
The north tower is in a more decorative Flamboyant Gothic style, with pinnacles and buttresses. | WIKI |
It reaches a height of 113 meters, just above the south tower. | WIKI |
At the base of the North Tower is a small structure which contains a Renaissance-era twenty-four-hour clock with a polychrome face, constructed in 1520 by Jean Texier. | WIKI |
Angel with a sundial on south facade Gargoyle on the North Tower, serving as a rain spout Detail of the South Tower, with statuary of Chimeras Detail on the South Portal depicting angels looking down upon hell Monsters and devils tempting Christians on the south portal | WIKI |