... integrated the transitional Gothic fazade as well as the south tower that were both survivors of the fire, thus preserving the sculptures of the Triple Royal Portal and its three stained-glass windows above. Abbé Suger's Abbey of Saint-Denis in Paris was the inspiration for the rest of the cathedral. The walls, piers, and flying buttresses expanded into what became the structure that ... forwards onto steadier ground creating flatness in the fazade. This architectural error, however, saved this part of the cathedral in the fire of 1194, as the vestibule formed an area of protection bet...

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