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Oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain and stands over the place where Alban, Britain's first Saint was buried 1700 years ago.
Part of the cathedral is shrouded in scaffolding as they are doing extensive repairs. It was built 750 years ago - as amazing in its way as the pyramids - the detail on the stone work is really quite phenomenal and when it was built the front would have been brightly coloured.
St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. It is the most northerly cathedral in Britain, a fine example of Romanesque architecture built for the bishops of Orkney when the islands were ruled by the Norse Earls of Orkney. It is owned not by the church, but by the burgh of Kirkwall as a result of an act of King James III of Scotland following Orkney's annexation by the Scottish Crown in 1468. It has its own dungeon.
Construction began in 1137, and it was added to over the next three hundred years. The first bishop was William the Old, and the diocese was under the authority of the Archbishop of Nidaros in Norway. It was for Bishop William that the nearby Bishop's Palace was built.
Before the Reformation, the cathedral was presided over by the Bishop of Orkney, whose seat was in Kirkwall. Today, it is a parish church of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and therefore technically no longer a cathedral.
It is officially claimed as the seat (cathedra) of both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic archbishops of Dublin. The cathedral was begun in 1038 by King Sitric Silkenbeard, the Danish Viking King of Dublin
Located in the historic Bankside area and adjacent to London Bridge, Southwark Cathedral is London’s oldest Gothic building.
September 9, 2014 - Notre-Dame Cathedral located on Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement. Construction began in 1163 and was completed in 1345. Paris, France.
It is the only medieval English church with three spires. One of the oldest places of Christian worship and the burial place of the Anglo-Saxon missionary St. Chad
The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, Dubrovnik. According to tradition, part of the cost of the original building, since destroyed by earthquake, was contributed by Richard the Lionheart, who survived a shipwreck on a nearby island while returning home from the Third Crusade in 1192
"Khotakerats Sourp Nshan" Reliquary containing a piece of the "True Cross", Vayots Dzor, 1300, detail
The Cathedral of Seville is huge and beautiful. It's the largest cathedral in Spain. The tower on the right is the Giralda, the city's best-known landmark.