View of the Cathedral

The view over the cathedral, in Orléans

This viewpoint offers a spectacular perspective over the north face of the cathedral of Sainte-Croix and its splendid rose window. The Orléans audio-guided tour stops here, with respect, to evoke this striking panorama over the Gothic jewel of the town, in all its majesty.

The north face and its rose window

Leaving the Campo Santo behind you, you discover a spectacular view over the north face of the cathedral of Sainte-Croix, absolutely splendid with its great rose window. From this viewpoint, you embrace the flank of the Gothic building from a striking angle, that highlights the vertiginous elevation of its walls, its flying buttresses, its buttresses, its pinnacles and the stone lace of its architecture. The rose window, this great circular stained-glass window that adorns the transept, is one of the finest elements of this façade, deploying its stone interlacings and its coloured windows that light up from the inside. This viewpoint allows to appreciate the cathedral otherwise than by its famous western façade, and to measure the scale and the finesse of this masterpiece, one of the greatest Gothic buildings of France. The perspective is particularly beautiful in the light that plays on the light stone and brings out the sculpted details. It is one of the finest angles to admire and photograph the emblematic monument of Orléans. A belvedere over a Gothic jewel, the view over the cathedral is discovered with respect.

What to see

Here you enjoy, with respect, a spectacular view over the north face of the cathedral of Sainte-Croix and its splendid rose window; from this striking angle, you admire the vertiginous elevation of the walls, the flying buttresses, the pinnacles and the stone lace of the Gothic jewel, as well as the great circular stained-glass window of the transept, in the light that brings out the sculpted details. The view over the cathedral is a belvedere of Orléans. It is a stop to be discovered with respect.

Practical information

The view over the north face of the cathedral is admired from the surroundings of the Campo Santo, in the heart of Orléans, reachable on foot. It is an open-air viewpoint, freely accessible. The perspective is particularly beautiful in the light that plays on the stone. You discover it during a walk around the building.

What can you see from the view over the cathedral in Orléans?

A spectacular view over the north face of the cathedral of Sainte-Croix and its splendid rose window; from this striking angle, you admire the vertiginous elevation of the walls, the flying buttresses, the pinnacles and the stone lace of the Gothic jewel, as well as the great circular stained-glass window of the transept, one of the finest angles to admire the emblematic monument of Orléans.

Where to admire the view over the cathedral in Orléans?

From the surroundings of the Campo Santo, in the heart of Orléans, in France.