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Elgin Cathedral

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if was once the biggest cathedral of Scotland and lies in the north-east in the town of the same name. By the end of 13. Jh the cathedral was finished. Wolf of Badenoch, a crossbreed of the king Robert II, as a revenge act destroyed them 1390 for his excommunication. As an excuse for his action he bragged, he has thought, the bishop would stay just in the cathedral. To 1402 the lantern of the north was rebuilt. In addition, she suffered from John Knox ’ to iconoclasts and Cromwells troops which destroyed the last tracery. On Easter Sunday in 1711 the central tower collapsed and the ruins became the stone quarry.

 

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Uploaded on October 15, 2016