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Aachen Cathedral
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Aachen Cathedral

Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

In the octagonal chapel that Charlemagne built as the heart of his empire, 32 Holy Roman Emperors ascended a marble throne to receive their crowns....

Bourges Cathedral
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Bourges Cathedral

Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Bourges Cathedral rises from one of the earliest Christian communities in Gaul, its five naves flowing without interruption toward the altar....

Canterbury Cathedral
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Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

Canterbury Cathedral has drawn pilgrims for over eight centuries, since four knights murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket at the altar in 1170....

Kildare
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Kildare

Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland

On a gentle hill in County Kildare stands a Gothic cathedral built over one of Ireland's oldest sacred sites....

Burgos Cathedral
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Burgos Cathedral

Burgos, Castile and León, Spain

Burgos Cathedral rises in the heart of Castile, Spain's first Gothic church and the only Spanish cathedral designated as a standalone World Heritage Site....

Cathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Puy
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Cathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Puy

Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

On Mont Anis, where a sick woman once lay upon a dolmen and was healed by the Virgin's grace, one of Europe's oldest Marian sanctuaries rises in Romanesque splendor....

Gloucester Cathedral
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Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

When King Edward II was murdered at Berkeley Castle in 1327, other abbeys refused his body....

Cologne Cathedral
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Cologne Cathedral

Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Cologne Cathedral rises from the Rhine plain in twin spires that took six centuries to complete....

Durham Cathedral
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Durham Cathedral

Durham, England, United Kingdom

For 120 years, monks fleeing Vikings carried the body of St. Cuthbert across northern England....

Chartres Cathedral
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Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Chartres Cathedral rises from the wheat fields of France as medieval Christianity's most complete surviving statement....

St. Vitus Cathedral
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St. Vitus Cathedral

Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Rising from Prague Castle's heights, St. Vitus Cathedral embodies nearly eleven centuries of Czech spiritual and national aspiration....

Lincoln
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Lincoln

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Lincoln most commonly refers to: Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th president of the United States Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire,...

Worcester Cathedral
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Worcester Cathedral

Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Rising above the River Severn, Worcester Cathedral has held continuous Christian worship since 680 AD. Two canonized saints once drew pilgrims here to rival Canterbury....

Cathedral of St. Julian, Le Mans
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Cathedral of St. Julian, Le Mans

Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France

Before Le Mans was a racing city, it was a cathedral city. The Cathedral of Saint Julian possesses some of France's finest medieval stained glass—windows that have...

Leon
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Leon

León, Castile and León, Spain

León Cathedral stands as the purest expression of Gothic light theology in Spain....

St. Albans Cathedral, St Albans, United Kingdom
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St. Albans Cathedral, St Albans, United Kingdom

St Albans, England, United Kingdom

St Albans Cathedral stands where Alban, Britain's first recorded Christian martyr, was executed around the third or fourth century....

St. Edmundsbury Cathedral
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St. Edmundsbury Cathedral

West Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

St Edmundsbury Cathedral rises beside the ruins of one of medieval England's mightiest abbeys, on ground that held the shrine of St Edmund, the nation's first patron saint....

Malolos Cathedral, Bulacan, Luzon
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Malolos Cathedral, Bulacan, Luzon

Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines

Malolos Cathedral, Bulacan, Luzon is a cathedral of sacred significance.

Antipolo Cathedral, Luzon
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Antipolo Cathedral, Luzon

Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines

Antipolo Cathedral, Luzon is a cathedral of sacred significance.

Ely Cathedral
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Ely Cathedral

Ely, England, United Kingdom

Rising from the flat fenlands of East Anglia like a ship on a calm sea, Ely Cathedral has anchored worship on this site since the 7th century....

Cathedral of the Mother of God, Zarvanytsya, Ukraine
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Cathedral of the Mother of God, Zarvanytsya, Ukraine

Zarvanytsia, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Cathedral of the Mother of God, Zarvanytsya, Ukraine is a cathedral of sacred significance.

El Rocio
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El Rocio

Almonte, Andalusia, Spain

El Rocio is a cathedral of sacred significance.

Exeter Cathedral
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Exeter Cathedral

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Rising from foundations that have witnessed Roman soldiers, Saxon monks, and Norman bishops, Exeter Cathedral holds the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in...

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Coromoto
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Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Coromoto

Guanare, Portuguesa State, Venezuela

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Coromoto is a cathedral of sacred significance.

St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England
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St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England

City of London, England, United Kingdom

St. Paul's Cathedral has occupied Ludgate Hill for over 1,400 years, through fire and war, reformation and rebuilding....

Nidaros Cathedral
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Nidaros Cathedral

Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway

At the northern reach of medieval Christendom, a Gothic cathedral rises over the burial site of St....

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Rieti
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Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Rieti

Rieti, Lazio, Italia

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta has anchored Christian worship in Rieti since at least the sixth century....

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