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Wells Cathedral in Somerset is dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, and is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
The present cathedral was begun about 1175 on a new site to the north of the old minster church. Bishop Reginald de Bohun brought the idea of a revolutionary architectural style from France, and Wells was the first English cathedral to be built entirely in this new Gothic style. The first building phase took about eighty years, building from east to west, culminating in the magnificent West Front. About 300 of its original medieval statues remain: a glorious theatrical stone backdrop for feast day processions.
" God is Love, whoever lives in Love, Lives in God and God in Him" (from a window in the Cathedral)
Wells Cathedral-002.jpg
Wells Cathedral in Somerset is dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, and is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
The present cathedral was begun about 1175 on a new site to the north of the old minster church. Bishop Reginald de Bohun brought the idea of a revolutionary architectural style from France, and Wells was the first English cathedral to be built entirely in this new Gothic style. The first building phase took about eighty years, building from east to west, culminating in the magnificent West Front. About 300 of its original medieval statues remain: a glorious theatrical stone backdrop for feast day processions.
" God is Love, whoever lives in Love, Lives in God and God in Him" (from a window in the Cathedral)