Alexandra Gajewski is an architectural historian and lecturer working on French Gothic architecture
Gothic cathedrals were designed to withstand enormous wind pressures, so Soissons has been exceptionally unlucky
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Why acts of god hardly ever harm gothic cathedrals
Gothic cathedrals were designed to withstand enormous wind pressures, so Soissons has been exceptionally unlucky