cas /, Famed Cathedrals usually stone, building for Christian thedral is a very large, i A Cal y ch of a diocese (a district unaehi r th ‘| ie the largest and most important chur of a Christian bishop). : There are many beautiful cathedrals all over the world. Let Us Ie. some of them. Notre Dame de Paris is widely consid, 5 of the finest examples of French Gothic! in France and in Europe, and the natu sculptures and stained glass are in contd earlier Romanesque architecture. It Was es first buildings in the world to use the fyinn ™@ (arched exterior supports). 9 ba onl chi Cea med Nidaros Cathedral Nidaros Cathedral was built around 1300. It is an example | of a Romanesque and Gothic style cathedral. It is the largest cathedral in Norway and is regarded both as a national shrine and as a coronation church. Santa Maria del Fiore = Sy The dimensions of the Santa Maria del Fiore, the Cathed of Florence are enormous: 502 feet long, 124 feet wide a 295 feet at the crossing. The height of the arches int | aisles is an amazing 75 feet and the height from pavemi 295 feet tall. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres The majority of the original stained glass windows of the | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, France survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since i the early 13th century, It is considered as one of the finest | examples of the French High Gothic style.santiago de Compostela Cathedral, ‘spain is a mixture of Romanesque, Baroque, and Gothic and was built between 1075 and 1211. It is the reputed burial-place of Saint James the Greater, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe. Jane Austen is buried here in the North aisle of the nave but the gravestone marker doesn't list her as an author since most of her work was published after she died. AE Saint Basil's Cathedral Saint Basil's Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox church erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555-1561. The building's design is shaped as a flame of a bonfire rising into the sky. The real name of the cathedral is - The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat ~ and not just Saint Basis. Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, |" Washington DC, USA is of neogothic design. It is the sixth largest cathedral in the world and the second largest in the United States. Hallgrimskirkja Cathedral Haligrimskirkja Cathedral is a cathedral in Iceland's capital city of Reykjavik. This towering ultra-modern take on a church is eye-catching. Its construction started in 1945 and ended in 1986.