Langres - Saint-Mammès

Bishop Geoffroy de La Roche-Vanneau, a cousin and companion of Bernard of Clairvaux, decided around 1140 to replace the old cathedral in Langres. This was at a time, when the Gothic style was just developing. The early Gothic cathedrals in Sens (200kms east) and Saint Denis (300kms northwest) were already under construction.

Building began with the choir, probably influenced by Cluny III. The cathedral got consecrated in 1196, when it may not have been completed. The structure blends late Romanesque- with early Gothic style from east to west.