Along with the the Portail Royal, the main Romanesque feature of the Cathédrale Notre Dame is the 105m-high Clocher Vieux (also called the Tour Sud or South Tower). Construction began in the 1140s; it remains the tallest Romanesque steeple still standing.
Clocher Vieux
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