Dimensions
The known dimensions of the building are as follows:
- Total length: 112 m (367 ft)
- Total inside length: 103 m (338 ft)
- Exterior height of central nave (roof): 40 m (130 ft)
- Inside height of central nave: 32 m (105 ft)
- Inside height of lateral naves: 19 m (62 ft)
- Inside height of narthex: 42 m (138 ft)
- Width between pillars of central nave: 16 m (52 ft)
- Height of crossing dome: 58 m (190 ft)
- Height of platform: 66 m (217 ft)
- Height of spire: 142 m (466 ft)
- Exterior width of west façade: 51.5 m (169 ft)
- Diameter of west façade rose window: 13.6 m (45 ft)
Strasbourg Cathedral is by far the largest church in Alsace, but all in all much smaller than many other famous Gothic cathedrals (Cologne, Amiens, Milan, York...)
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