Évreux Cathedral in Normandy has no single architect. Gautier de Varinfroy was master of works from 1253, and Bishop Jean Balue built the octagonal central tower and spire. The west facade's architect is not named. The infobox gives an 11th-century start and a 19th-century completion. The text says the building dates from the 10th century, with lower nave work from the 11th, and that a fire in 1119 destroyed much of the earlier church.
The article describes Romanesque semicircular arcades, a Gothic choir, a Flamboyant north transept and portal and Renaissance elements. The spire rises about 256 feet (78 m), and the nave has seven bays and three levels.
King Louis XI granted a subsidy in 1465 to resume restoration, and a thorough restoration was completed in 1896. World War II destroyed the stained glass and bombed the spire. The article gives no hours.
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