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Auxerre Cathedral Labyrinth (destroyed) is a labyrinth installation in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. The design is a medieval chartres layout with 11 circuits, 12 walls, built of tile. Documented age: 13th century (destroyed) (13th century (destroyed)). Current condition: destroyed. French Gothic architecture is an architectural style which emerged in France in 1140, and was dominant until the mid-16th century. Documentation sources: Kern 2000. A figure that resolves into a single unbroken line when traced from edge to centre and back. The labyrinth is one of several hundred sites of this type catalogued globally; each preserves the same unicursal walking-pattern with regional variation in scale, material, and date.
The labyrinth tradition spans at least 4,000 years of documented practice across northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the British Isles, North America, and the Indian subcontinent.