By comparison, the largest cathedrals of Northern France, Notre Dame de Paris, Amiens, Rouen, Reims and Chartres, are all about 135–140 metres in length, as is Cologne in Germany.
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The view of the cathedral from the south west is particularly famous because of its “incomparable setting” on a steep promontory above the River Wear.
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