Tournai Cathedral

Our Lady of Tournai
Notre-Dame de Tournai
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Doornik
View of the five Romanesque towers of the Cathedral of Tournai (12th century)
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
DistrictDiocese of Tournai
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusCathedral
LeadershipBishop Guy Harpigny
Location
LocationTournai, Hainaut, Belgium
Geographic coordinates50°36′23.58″N 3°23′19.89″E / 50.6065500°N 3.3888583°E / 50.6065500; 3.3888583
Architecture
Architect(s)Building: unknown
Sacristy: G. Hersecap
Holy Spirit chapel: Simon Vollant
TypeChurch
StyleRomanesque, Gothic, French Baroque
GroundbreakingNave: 1140 and 1171
Transepts: 1199–1213
Transept vaults: 1243–1255
Gothic choir:1243–1255
Sacristy: 1676
Holy Spirit chapel: 1680
Completed1700
Specifications
Direction of façadeNW
Length134 metres (440 ft)
Width60 metres (200 ft)
Width (nave)20 metres (66 ft)
Height (max)83 metres (272 ft)
Spire(s)5 (7 planned)
Spire height83 metres (272 ft)
Official name: Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
TypeCultural
Criteriaii, iv
Designated2000
Reference no.1009
State Party Belgium
RegionEurope and North America
Session24th
Website
www.cathedrale-tournai.be

The Cathedral of Our Lady (French: Notre-Dame de Tournai; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Doornik), or Tournai Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia major heritage site since 1936 and as a World Heritage Site since 2000.