What is Coutances Cathedral?
[[Image:Coutances vue nord.jpg|thumb|250px|Overview of Coutance Cathedral from the north]] [[Image:CathCoutances.jpg|thumb|250px|The western facade]] [[Image:Cathedrale de Coutances bordercropped.jpg|250px|thumb|The interior of Coutances Cathedral]] '''Coutances Cathedral''' ({{lang-fr|Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Coutances}}) is the cathedral in the town of [[Coutances]] in [[Normandy]]. It is built in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic style]]. Standing 80m tall it dominates the city and the surrounding landscape. Its use of long straight vertical lines is typical for many churches in Normandy. The cathedral was started in [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque style]]. It was consecrated in 1056. {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals]] [[Category:Cathedrals in France]] [[Category:Manche]] [[Category:11th-century buildings and structures]]