\b0 Normandy gave to ╬le-de-France the seeds of Gothic art, the use of light and the propensity toward
slender forms. It took them back later, after the examples set by the builders of the cathedrals of \b \ATXul1024 \cf4 \ATXht166 Laon\b0 \ATXul0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \ATXul1024 \cf4 \ATXht131 Saint-Denis\b0 \ATXul0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , going on to construct su
ch masterpieces as Rouen, Lisieux, and above all Coutances cathedrals. Bayeux Cathedral is another example of this Norman Gothic, variant of a style that emerged at a moment of history in which twenty-four cathedrals, five hundred large churches, and sev
eral thousand parish churches were built within the space of a few decades. Notre-Dame in Bayeux has Romanesque origins, visible in the archways of the nave and the towers of the faτade, ôrehabilitatedö in the thirteenth century to serve as new visions
of the house of God. They rise to a height of 75 meters (246 feet) while the central tower makes a response to them in the \i ôflamboyantö\i0 Gothic style of the fifteenth century from the height of its 80 meters (262 feet).\par
