Cathédrale Saint-Etienne

Around 1130, at a time when Romanesque buildings were springing up everywhere, an innovative master builder created a large cathedral in Sens, with a simple, continuous volume, consisting of a central nave and two side aisles featuring a revolutionary vaulting concept: the ribbed crossing. Between 1490 and 1517, the architect Martin Chambiges built a large transept in flamboyant Gothic style.
Sens cathedral has preserved a series of stained glass windows that trace the development of stained glass from the 12th to the 19th century. The cathedral was at the crossroads of history with the visit of Thomas Becket, the marriage of Saint Louis and the burial of the Dauphin, father of Louis XVI.