Begun by Bishop Bardo in 1036 it was reconstructed by Henry IV in 1081. The present west end was completed between 1200 and 1250. Initially the cathedral continued the two choir format.

Viewed from behind the "imperium altar/table" one looks toward the east choir of the sacerdotium (Circulation problems were solved by entries from the north and south side of the nave).

Here the initial double choirs of the church are somewhat more manifest, the claims of the emporium represented in a simple altar/table. The emperor's elevated position on a highly raised dais is no longer extent.

The principal relict of the cathedral are the remains of the three magi enclosed in this golden reliquary. Koln was an important center of trade, commerce, and scholastic learning. It's archbishop was incredibly wealthy, ...

Calvin's father, Gerard served the bishop of Noyon as notary apostolic and fiscal, which meant he took care of the correspondence to Rome as well as the finaces of the cathedral. This enabled him to obtain a fine education ...

Pope Paul VI enters the crossing of the basilica at the beginning of the papal audience.

In Noyon Calvin's education began in the College des Capettes. As such, Calvin would have consulted books in this then new library.

Begun in 1248 and completed only in 1868. It represents the architectural high gothic and the abandonment of the double choirs and the struggle for power between papacy and emperor.

The power and presumed headship of the papacy was represented by the bishop who celebrated in the eastern apse of the cathedral (Photographed in 1973 with a modern altar/table brought forward in accordance with Vatican ...