"Strasbourg Cathedral"

Strasbourg Cathedral or Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg is also referred to as “Strasbourg Minster” and is a church that was initially started in the Romanesque architectural style but is now considered to be one of the most prominent examples of the Rayonnant or French Gothic architecture.

Described by Victor Hugo as a "gigantic and delicate marvel", and by Goethe as a "sublimely towering, wide-spreading tree of God", the cathedral is visible far across the plains of Alsace and can be seen from as far off as the Vosges Mountains or the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine. The reddish-brown sandstone from the Vosges mountains gives the cathedral its distinctive color.