<P> In the 12th century the Abbot Suger rebuilt portions of the abbey church using innovative structural and decorative features . In doing so , he is said to have created the first truly Gothic building . The basilica 's 13th - century nave is the prototype for the Rayonnant Gothic style , and provided an architectural model for many medieval cathedrals and abbeys of northern France , Germany , England and a great many other countries . </P>
<P> In the 12th century the Abbot Suger rebuilt portions of the abbey church using innovative structural and decorative features . In doing so , he is said to have created the first truly Gothic building . The basilica 's 13th - century nave is the prototype for the Rayonnant Gothic style , and provided an architectural model for many medieval cathedrals and abbeys of northern France , Germany , England and a great many other countries . </P>
who is considered the founder of gothic architecture with his renovation of st. denis
who is considered the founder of gothic architecture with his renovation of st. denis
the Abbot Suger
the Abbot Suger