1. Gothic Architecture

2. Stained Glass Window

3. Stained Glass Window

4. Ribbed Vaults
The ribbed vault is created when several of the barrel vaults intersect creating pointed arches within the ceiling of the tunnel.

5. Rib Vaults

6. Ribbed Vaults

8. Gothic Arches
Before the Gothic Era arches were rounded on all architectural structures that were built for aesthetic purposes. However, the Gothic Era saw that birth of these pointed arches becoming more popular than the traditional rounded arch. The pointed arch is accomplished when two ellipses are formed that intersect in the middle. Instead of the two ellipses making a rounded arch, they are reversed to make a pointed arch.

9. Gothic Arch

10. Gothic Arch

11. Flying Buttresses
The flying buttress is a masonry arch extending off the outside of a building, often along the length of the nave of a cathedral, which transfers the thrust of the roof outwards and down to a pier. This architectural invention that allowed for the creation of the great soaring, light-filled, Gothic cathedrals of medieval Europe.

12. Flying Buttress

13. Flying Buttress Westminster Abbey

14. Flying Buttresses
Westminster Abbey

15. Westminster Abbey

16. Gothic Tower

17. Gargoyles
They are guardians of the structures which they inhabit. A gargoyle is the carved termination of spouts which convey water away from the sides of buildings.

18. Gargoyles

21. Cologne Cathedral is one of the master piece church buildings in the Christian world also a finest art of Gothic architecture. Gargantuan proportions and craftsmanship of unparallel quality have made the cathedral a perfect example of the Gothic style.

22. Cathedral of Notre Dome

23. Cathedral of Notre Dome

24. Sainte Chapelle, Paris

25. Sainte Chapelle, Paris

26. Sainte Chapelle, Paris

27. Avigon, Rovence
The largest Gothic palace in Europe was the home of seven popes and still stands as a symbol of the Catholic church’s influence in Avignon.

28. Chartres Cathedral (13th century), France
Chartres Cathedral (13th century), France. Famed for its sculpture, stained-glass windows, and architectural innovations, it is one of the three greatest French Gothic cathedrals—along with Amiens and Reims cathedrals.