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Here is a fascinating picture of Beauvais Cathedral which captures just how unfinished it is and which also shows (like a time-freeze) how these gothic cathedrals typically replaced older romanic churches:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ca...

If you are interested in the architecture and engineering of gothic cathedrals, I highly recommend the 2010 arte documentary "Cathedrals" - unfortunately, I was only able to find a German version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Wh_-02MaI

If I remember correctly, it discusses the structural weaknesses of several cathedrals (including Beauvais).

I would also recommend "Britain's Great Cathedrals with Tony Robinson".

https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-great-cathedrals-wit...

And anyone into church architecture should also watch "Churches: How to Read them", which I believe is on youtube.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tnp8f

Also PBS released "Building the great cathedrals"

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/building-the-great-cathe...

Full-video: https://watchdocumentaries.com/building-the-great-cathedrals...

Too bad I wasn't able to find the english version of the OPs link in German. Looks good.

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