Join Friends of the Cathedral to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the building of the Great Nave. Architectural historian ...

Which is the biggest cathedral in the world? Discover the largest churches by size, their history, stunning architecture, and ...

The cathedral was completed in 1878 and dedicated ... one of the best examples of French High Gothic architecture. Built between 1194 and 1220 it was deemed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO ...

Cologne Cathedral is a High Gothic five-aisled basilica (144.5 m long), with a projecting transept (86.25 m wide) and a tower façade (157.22 m high). The nave is 43.58 m high and the side-aisles 19.80 ...

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

She would spend 37 years at Duke teaching various art history courses including her popular Gothic Cathedrals class, in which students would design their own cathedral using Notre Dame and others as ...

Its looming, rounded profile, so unlike the angular lines of the Gothic ... crypt of the cathedral; a memorial plaque nearby celebrated his “divine intellect.” These were high honors.

The Gothic cathedral, St Michael's of Coventry, was destroyed on the night of 14th November 1940 when some 500 tons of high explosives and 40,000 fire bombs were dropped on the city. All that ...

Towering above the center of the Barri Gòtic district is Barcelona's principal cathedral. The Gothic cathedral's construction began in the late 13th century, though it wasn't completed until the ...

The Cathedral has 21 altars and 19 bells, each named after a different saint. Eight Archbishops of New York are buried in a crypt under the high altar. In normal times, there are between 18 and 15 ...