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Building the great cathedrals, a Providence Pictures production for Nova and WGBH Boston in association with TelFrance and ARTE France

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Building the great cathedrals, a Providence Pictures production for Nova and WGBH Boston in association with TelFrance and ARTE France
Language
eng
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videorecording
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Rating: Not rated
Main title
Building the great cathedrals
Medium
DVD
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658239509
Responsibility statement
a Providence Pictures production for Nova and WGBH Boston in association with TelFrance and ARTE France
Runtime
60
Summary
Carved from a hundred million pounds of stone, soaring effortlessly atop a spiderweb of masonry, Gothic cathedrals are marvels of human achievement and artistry. But how did medieval builders reach such spectacular heights? Consuming the labor of entire towns, sometimes taking a hundred years to build, these architectural marvels were crafted from just hand tools and stone. Many now teeter on the brink of catastrophic collapse
Technique
live action
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