Building the Great Cathedrals

2010 | 80 minutes | 7.0 ★ (1)

Building the Great Cathedrals
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    These skyscrapers of stone dominated skylines for nearly a thousand years. Now, a team of scholars and builders investigates how they we went up, and why some of the tallest fell down. Embedded in stone and stained glass, they uncover a hidden mathematical code — ripped from pages of the Bible — that was used as a blueprint to build the great Gothic Cathedrals.

  • Release Date

    19 October 2010

  • DirectingChristine Le Goff
  • Budget

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    $0.00

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