At the foot of Beauvais Cathedral, the highest Gothic choir in the world which culminates at 48.50 m under vault, another monument, this time born of the Second World War and the reconstruction of a city in the heart destroyed by the German bombings of 1940, Le Quadrilatère de Beauvais.
As horizontal and evasive as the cathedral is high and white.
As modernist and compact to the eye as this giant is intricate and ornate.
As anchored in the ground as this cathedral born in the Middle Ages, remained unfinished, of which only the first bay of the nave was built, rises in the sky of Île-de-France.
After a temporary closure of several years for restoration, this flat fan of clear concrete, Le Quadrilatère de Beauvais, is ready to reopen its doors as soon as the authorities give the green light to cultural institutions.
Caroline Cayeux, the mayor of Beauvais la Picarde (Les Républicains, then various right) was a candidate yesterday to serve as a test city at the opening
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