Your favourite Cathedral

[King-Tomislav]

These are few among my favourites :

Chartres :

http://www.churchofsaginaw.org/churchstory/chartres.jpg

Milano :

http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/img/hst/pcd04-77.gif

Koln ( Cologne ) :

http://www.calvarychapel.com/redbarn/cathedral2.jpg

Zagreb :

http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/pix/objekti/Katedrala~The_Cathedral.jpg

[car-zg]

where is noterdame?

Allthough zagreb is excelent, my vote is for koln

[MoreOrLess]

Of those I'v actually visited...
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/His311/Lecture%20Three/SienaDuomo3.jpg
Siena
http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/image/England/gloucester/cathedral/Exterior/Gloucester-cath-ext-001-s.jpg
Gloucester

[Monkey]

Salisbury Cathedral - it has the tallest spire in England.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/joao74/PNA/Salisbury-Cathedral.jpg

[ƒƒ]

This is for me the most beautiful building in the world. And, I'm a member of the Antwerp Cathedral Choir ^^:

Antwerpen, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal:
(Antwerp, Cathedral of Our Lady)

http://img261.echo.cx/img261/2541/hpim04406bd.jpg

http://img282.echo.cx/img282/4499/0000001ac7ed.jpg

http://img279.echo.cx/img279/6781/01013935y0nb.jpg
Unless I'm an organist, I never played on this one.

http://img262.echo.cx/img262/1097/01013937ysmall1bf.jpg
Neither on this one :-p

http://img275.echo.cx/img275/4227/235501003wpxomlph7gc.jpg

http://img282.echo.cx/img282/5276/anvolvkathedraalentree20gezien.jpg

http://img262.echo.cx/img262/7645/anvblikvangers20boerentoren20e.jpg

http://img284.echo.cx/img284/1918/skylineofantwerp7ox.jpg

http://img263.echo.cx/img263/1204/101764320small3of.jpg
Very active public in our concert ^^

http://img290.echo.cx/img290/7750/2fotografen4cz.jpg
View from the Belfry Tower, at the highest balcony. And no, I'm not one of these 4 guys, that are other choir members.

http://img277.echo.cx/img277/1339/kopie20van20vleeshuisstpaulus9.jpg

http://img281.echo.cx/img281/8256/clavier6dj.jpg
Keyboard of the carillon in the Belfry Tower.

http://img280.echo.cx/img280/4856/10061027dx.jpg
Our choir :) I'm at the right side, before the column, the one that looks to the left side. And totally right, our director ^^


The height of the towers:
Belfry Tower (North Western Tower): 123m
South Western Tower: 65m
Onion Tower (above the altar): 48m

But this cathedral was planned to be much larger. The main corridor (sorry don't know the right name in English) had to be the euh, let's say the short line of the cross. There were also 7 towers planned.
As you see the South Western Tower has not been completed, this one had to be taller than the Belfry Tower.
The problem of course, was...
MONEY

[Frog]

Milano and Koln, and also St Paul's in London :)

[Frog]

Antwerp cathedral I think is also very nice :) shame about the second tower, i think it would have looked better with 2 full towers :(

[ƒƒ]

I also have to mention this one:
Ulm, Münster, 161m tall and the highest church in the world.

http://img280.echo.cx/img280/3940/ulmmunster2wr.jpg

[Ivo]

Antwerp cathedral I think is also very nice :) shame about the second tower, i think it would have looked better with 2 full towers :(

The story goes that the (completed) north spire was built with donations from the poor, the (unfinished) south tower was paid by the rich merchants of the city.

[schreiwalker]

I like antwerp, I had not seen that before.

Ulm is a gorgeous cathedral, and very cool/scary to walk to the top of. the spire walls are very thin and wispy towards the top!

one of my favorites (one of the ten largest in the world, in washington, dc of all places) is a cool fusion of modern simplicity and classic styles. (not classical in the greek sense, just classic church design)

http://www.eightwheels.com/data/archives/nationalshrineext.jpg

[itxlan7]

Colonia
http://enciclopedia.us.es/images/4/4f/Catedral_de_Colonia_%28Alemania%29_EL.jpg



Burgos
http://www.decuencaasantiago.org/imagenes/catedralBurgos.jpg



Florencia
http://www.ramonvillero.com/reportatges/Florencia/flo10.jpg


Leon
http://www.girardin.org/fabien/blog/images/leon2.jpg



Reims
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/250px-Cathedral_Notre-Dame_de_Reims,_France-PerCorr.jpg



Santiago
http://migueleloi3.no.sapo.pt/Monumentos/Catedral%20Santiago/Catedral%20de%20Santiago%2001.JPG


Milan
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/es/c/c8/DuomoDiMilano.jpg


Sagrada familia
http://www.hawelka.org/spanelsko/vylet_Barcelona/Sagrada_familia_2021.JPG

[pricemazda]

Lincoln Cathedral was the tallest structure in the world.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/cathed2.jpg

It did have Spires on it as well

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/cathedral_pugin_s.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/cathed16.jpg

[m@rco]

These french cathedrals are part of UNESCO's World Heritage list :


Notre-Dame de Chartres (1979) :
http://img299.echo.cx/img299/2161/chartres3po.jpg


Notre-Dame d'Amiens (1981) :
http://punkbruno.free.fr/Images/divers/cathedrale%202.JPG


Notre-Dame de Reims (1991) :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/bmareuil-cyclo.levallois/33_Groupe_devant_cathedrale_Reims_3.jpg


Saint Etienne de Bourges (1992) :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dboucart/architecture/berry/bourges/cathedrale/cathedrale.jpg

[Bitxofo]

Sevilla Cathedral is the biggest in the world!
;)
Barcelona Cathedral is very beautiful, too!!
:wink2:
Spain has got more than 80 cathedrals.
Can you beat that?

[Phobos]

Lincoln Cathedral was the tallest structure in the world.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/cathed2.jpg

It did have Spires on it as well

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/cathedral_pugin_s.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/cathed16.jpg

They need to rebuild it.The cathedral would be much more elegant with them.

[m@rco]

Sevilla Cathedral is the biggest in the world!

Are you sure ? What about St Paul in London and St John the Divine in NY ?
(I know St Peter in Roma and Notre de Dame de la Paix in Yamoussoukro are basilicas)
Please could you give some figures ?


Spain has got more than 80 cathedrals.
Can you beat that?

Too easy !
In France, there are 92 cathedrals... Sorry ;)
I don't know figures in Italy, Germany or US...


The latest in Evry (1997) :
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/photo/paris/97paris/slides/008evry1.JPG

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/photo/paris/97paris/slides/009evry2.JPG

[exciter]

yes, the sevilla cathedral is the biggest cathedral (not basilica) ever build, but doesn't mean that is the best one.
For me, the best ones are Notre Dame de Chartres, Burgos, Notre Dame de Reims, Leon, Toledo, Milano and Ulm

[WeasteDevil]

St. Vitus, Praha

http://panviews.com/czech/images/PP125_800_661_75_Prague_St_Vitus.jpg

[giergel]

I love the St Baafs Cathedral that is located in my city, Ghent:
http://www.evnieuwland.nl/images/gent/gent4.jpg

http://skyscapes.info/2004-02-27_snow/images/162_6256.JPG

http://home2.pi.be/par2092/images/kath_voor.jpg

[m@rco]

yes, the sevilla cathedral is the biggest cathedral (not basilica) ever build
And the figures are.... ;)

[Jonesy55]

I went to Wells in Somerset, UK last week, they have a beautiful cathedral with an unusual design, the town also has less than 10,000 residents so it is strange to see such a large cathedral there.

http://www.lastrefuge.co.uk/images/html/aerials_UK_historical_sites/cathedrals/images/AWDS_Cathedral07.jpg

http://www.catnip.co.uk/wells/wells2.jpg

http://www.infomotions.com/gallery/bath/Images/DSCN3933.jpg

[Amazing]

The Cathedral in my home city, Mechelen. This is the St.Rombouts Cathedral. Unfinished though.

http://www.moonhill.be/st%20rombouts.jpg
http://img240.echo.cx/img240/6519/0001646ak8wh.jpg
http://img240.echo.cx/img240/8430/mechelenromboutstoren15kd.jpg

[Sarajka]

Mine is the Catholic Cathedral in the village of Vares, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

It's a beautiful village and the church has interesting geometric patterns on the exterior, and beautiful murals inside.

http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/3460/169nd.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4972/43k0yj.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5816/49k7yz.jpg

[Paul D]

http://img161.echo.cx/img161/258/anglicannight9ts.jpg





http://img247.echo.cx/img247/7659/cathjune9xy.jpg

A couple of pictures by Scouserdave of Britains biggest cathedral.

[ferramont]

For me it's Amiens cathedral. If I knew how to attach photos, I'd post some.

[Arpels]

I went to Wells in Somerset, UK last week, they have a beautiful cathedral with an unusual design, the town also has less than 10,000 residents so it is strange to see such a large cathedral there.

http://www.lastrefuge.co.uk/images/html/aerials_UK_historical_sites/cathedrals/images/AWDS_Cathedral07.jpg

http://www.catnip.co.uk/wells/wells2.jpg

http://www.infomotions.com/gallery/bath/Images/DSCN3933.jpg
man so beautiful :eek: British gothic is amazing!!

[Skyland]

Frauenkirche Dresden, Germany

IMO this is by far the most beautiful cathedral in the world. It will reopen this year - a symbol of peace and reconciliation.

http://www.neumarkt-dresden.de/gaestebilder/sven.jpg

http://www.neumarkt-dresden.de/gaestebilder/sven3.jpg

http://www.ilexikon.com/images/e/ec/Frauenkirche_Dresden_August_2004.jpg

http://www.neumarkt-dresden.de/image1/baustellenfotos/juni05/2.jpg

http://www.neumarkt-dresden.de/image1/canaletto-blick.jpg

http://www.neumarkt-dresden.de/gaestebilder/frauenkirche-inneres.jpg

http://www.neumarkt-dresden.de/gaestebilder/frauenkirche-kuppel.jpg

[Arpels]

its beautiful that catedral but beauty depends from your perssonal point of view :yes:

[ƒƒ]

Ferramont:

- Go to www.imagshack.us (in a new window)
- Click 'Browse'
- Choose the photo you want us to show
- Then click 'Host it'
- Click on the logo above in the 'Reply to Thread' window, where you can see 'Insert image', you'll see a window named 'Explorer User Prompt'
- In the Imageshack window, select the url that is shown before 'Direct link to image', and copy to the window 'Explorer User Prompt', and click 'OK' in that window

Voilà, ça y etait :)

[Gherkin007]

I used to live on the same street as this cathedral - Salisbury, England
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/gherkin007/salisburycathedral.jpg

[Day Release]

Wells is really beautiful

[Paul D]

http://img266.echo.cx/img266/1970/lettuce9gg.jpg

Another great picture by Scouserdave of Liverpool's second cathedral.

[TalB]

I would probably choose Riverside Church, b/c it definately one of the tallest.

http://www.telescreen.org/circleline/IM000141.JPG

[Nemo]

My most favorite......Antwerp, Belgium; Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kathedraal.

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/belgium/antwerp/Antwerp%202004/Antwerp%20Cathedral%201366%20040829.jpg

http://www.iol.ie/~kcolfer/images/Antwerp_Cathedral.JPG

Beautiful Dutch cathedral; St.Jan catheral 's-Hertogenbosch.

http://www.orgelconcert.nl/knoppenplaatjes/StJanLucht.jpg

http://kleioscoop.digischool.nl/gotiek.jpg

http://www.orgelconcert.nl/knoppenplaatjes/StJanRugwerk.jpg

http://www.shutterfreaks.com/albums2/album152/St_Jan_Den_Bosch_08.jpg

[Liz L]

Thanks for all the great pictures, folks! They're all beautiful, but each has a unique beauty that makes it REALLY hard for me to pick and choose...and I'll feel more confident to choose, at any rate, after I see more of the great cathedrals of Europe...I am SO looking forward to getting back to England, and going to France

BTW, those huge "scissor arches" in the crossing at Wells were put in to keep the crossing tower from collapsing; it's a tribute to the master mason who designed them that they also work so well aesthetically. Necessity is the mother of invention...:D

It's incredible to me that those Medieval Gothic marvels were built without modern technology (or mathematics!) ,:uh: and are still standing...

[SE9]

Salisbury Cathedral

mine too!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/mkimemia/Salisbury-Cathedral.jpg

http://www-lnc.usc.edu/~brannon/pix/john-constable-salisbury-cathedral.jpg

http://faculty.smu.edu/sshepher/sarum.jpg

[Gabe]

Barcelona Cathedral

http://graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/~okreylos/Private/PhotoAlbum/Barcelona/Card2-044.jpg

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=224553&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=224554&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=224555&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=224563&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=224573&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=226607&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=226609&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=226610&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=226615&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=228087&tamanio=5

http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=37893&idFoto=228075&tamanio=5

[JohnnyMass]

any cathedral is a beautiful cathedral. I love them all but dresden, koln and Ulm are my favorite.

[wjfox]

St Paul's

Built in the late 1600's on the orders of Charles II, it is the largest Protestant cathedral in the world and stands 111m tall.

The building survived the terrible devastation of the Blitz, while everything else around it burned.



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral_dome_from_Paternoster_Square_-_London_-_240404.jpg



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/StPaulsClockTower.jpg



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral_in_1896.JPG



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/StPaulsCathedral.jpg



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Stpauls_front_large.jpg

[Melchisedeck]

Milan Cathedral
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/milancath/distant.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/milan/cathedral/0020.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/milan/cathedral/0027.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/milan/cathedral/0008.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/milan/cathedral/0017.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/milan/cathedral/0012.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/milan/cathedral/0013.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/milan/cathedral/0019.jpg


Florence..
http://tinypic.com/abou4k.jpg

http://tinypic.com/abouac.jpg

http://tinypic.com/abouhf.jpg

Palermo
http://www.vfritaliaclub.it/modules/gallery/albums/album24/Duomo_Palermo.jpg

http://tinypic.com/abp06p.jpg

http://tinypic.com/abp0f6.jpg

[TalB]

St Patrick's Cathedral is the closest to a European church in NYC.

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID54E.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID54B.jpg
http://brain-terminal.com/common/images.php/wtc/around-town/P9160005.jpg
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/d3/StPatrickCathedral_small.jpg
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/xiao_shan/imgs/e/d/ed51d2ad.jpg
http://www.clifjohnston.com/images/NY/4_big.jpg

[Valia]

mi favourite is the Laon cathedral (France), I never seen another cathedral more gorgeous.

http://vandyck.anu.edu.au/introduction/gothic/L36-11b.jpg


http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/images/laon10.jpg


http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/images/laon15.jpg


http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/images/laon11.jpg


http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/bevans/Art101/Art101B-9-Gothic/WebPage-ImageF.00007.jpeg


http://ohbayashi.com/goth/laon5th.jpg

[Liz L]

Thanks for the pics, TalB!

St. Patrick's is lovely, isn't she, nestlling delcately among the towering 'scrapers?...Gothic does have a special knack for making stone look light and airy...One of the highlights of my recent trip to NYC!

And she's such a HUGE architectural contrast to that shiney glass box! :hahaha: :lol:

Umm, pardon me, Valia, but isn't that first shot of Notre Dame de Paris..?

[Valia]

Umm, pardon me, Valia, but isn't that first shot of Notre Dame de Paris..?

gosh! yes, sorry, the first photo is Paris, I was mistaken, pardon.

This is Laon from de north, forgive me

http://www.beloit.edu/~arthist/historyofart/gothic/images/laon1.jpg

Thnk! a lot Liz L ;)

[Liz L]

No problem. Valia :-)

And thanks for another beautiful picture - I don't think I've ever seen Laon from that angle before. She's definitely another gem in France's Gothic diadem ....

[nukey]

http://www.ondamar.demon.co.uk/dream/photos/livrc1.jpg

greatest never built cathedral and what I believe would have been the most sublime in the world... marching easily past St Peter's, St Paul's, Rouen and Cologne. Lutyens' final masterpiece... unfortunately only the crypt was built and instead we got this pile of mediocrity:

http://jonathan.rawle.org/pg/liverpool/images/rc1.jpg

That's the catholic cathedral: the anglican one was built to plan and has its own qualities... though they are mainly only those of a rather heavy presence.

http://www.********************************/liverpool/cathedral.jpg

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t235/T235272a.jpg

http://www.buyimage.co.uk/photonet/liverpool/images/524.jpg

[earthJoker]

Köln, Ulm are my favorites.

My favorite in Switzerland is the Münster in Bern:
http://www.oratorienchorbern.ch/muenster_casino/m01.jpg

http://www.oratorienchorbern.ch/muenster_casino/m06.jpg

http://www.oratorienchorbern.ch/muenster_casino/m10.jpg

[Nouvellecosse]

yes, the sevilla cathedral is the biggest cathedral (not basilica) ever build, but doesn't mean that is the best one.
For me, the best ones are Notre Dame de Chartres, Burgos, Notre Dame de Reims, Leon, Toledo, Milano and Ulm

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is the difference between a cathedral and a basilica?

[Liz L]

A basilica is a FORM of church that began with the basilica, a type of Roman public building. It has a nave with a higher central aisle - the main vessel - and one or more lower aisles on each side, separated from the main nave by an arcade of piers or columns. The main vessel will have a tribune/triforium or gallery above the arcades, and a clerestory with windows above that.

The (most often) eastern end of the church, the farthest from the main entrance, which is where the choir and the altar are, is often separated from the nave by steps or a screen. But it will usually continue the same principle of high central vessel with gallery and clerestory surrounded by lower aisles;these aisles can swing right around the round eastern end of the church (the chevet).

If you look at the picture of St. Patricks (a basilica church) taken from the office window, you can see the lower, snow-covered roof of the side aisles at the bottom, underneath the windows of the clerestory, swinging around the chevet.

Laon is another basilica church; if you look at the cross section, you can see the tribune/triforium gallery above the side aisles, and the clerestory, where the highest butresses meet the walls, just below the roof. The elevation of the nave wall shows two sections between the arcade and the clerestory; I'm still a bit confused as to which is triforium, tribune, or gallery. Also note, from the ground plan, that Laon does not have a round chevet.

The basic plan has been much elaborated and modified over the centuries. For instance, side arms or transepts are often added to give the church the form of a cross, which you can see in both St. Patricks and Laon). But the key elements are still higher central vessel with arcades, tribune-gallery, and clerstory, and lower side aisles.

A cathedral (from Latin cathedra - throne or chair) is a church with a specific FUNCTION - it has a bishop's chair/throne in the choir; it's the archbishop or bishop's "home church", so to speak, where he presides at services, and the "mother church" of the diocese or archdiocese he administers.

Hope that helps, Nouvellecosse, without "snowing you under"...

[Nouvellecosse]

Thanks. Now let me just take a few hours and digest that ;)

[Nouvellecosse]

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[Abbil]

The St. Basil's cathedral in Moscow and the Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona. :D

[Bonjourtoledo]

Here are some of my hometown favorite cathedrals in Toledo, Ohio

St. Martin de Porres Church:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/Decker9999/StMartinPorresChurch5.jpg

Downtown Trinity Church:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/Decker9999/TrinityChurch.jpg

East Toledo Church:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/Decker9999/EastTOLChurch.jpg

Birmingham Church:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/Decker9999/a0ebc1a1.jpg

Holy Rosary Cathedral:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/Decker9999/HolyRosaryCathedral.jpg

[Mario_BA]

La Plata, Argentina
http://laalameda.8m.com/panoram/laplata/laplata.jpg

http://img220.echo.cx/img220/8546/08catedral4ij.jpg

Salta, Argentina
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/1534/38511012salta101631bh.jpg

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/8175/38511171salta101697zp.jpg

[Bitxofo]

La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona) will be the biggest in the world when finished, by 2020.
:yes:
http://tinypic.com/b639f9.jpg
And here with Torre Agbar, both together:
http://tinypic.com/b639qq.jpg
:wink2:

[Liz L]

From pictures I've seen, it looks like some of the stonework inside La Sagrada Familia might already be suffering from exposure to the weather, since the building isn't roofed in yet. Can anybody verify that for me?

If they keep on schedule, they'll be WAY ahead of St. John the Divine in New York, which is finally supposed to become St. John the Finished in 2050 or thereabouts, last I heard.... :D

[ghost_of_sin]

My favourite three Cathedrals

http://home.datacomm.ch/hb9abx/bsrhein.jpg

Basel Münster

http://www.yorkminster.org/gallery/13.jpg

York Minster

http://www.londontaxitour.com/london-taxi-tour-sights-london-churches-westminster-cathedral.jpg

Westminster Cathedral

[Bibelo]

wow, Westminster Cathedral looks amazing.

another one I like very uch is the Duomo in Siena:

http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/international-StudentExperience/EuropeExperience/ItalyExperience/Frank_Pisa_S103/Italy/siena_duomo.jpg

[Skaros]

St. Apostol Andreas , city of Patras , Peloponnese , GREECE

The two churches dedicated to Patras' patron Saint, St Andrew, constitute a national and Pan-Orthodox place of pilgrimage. The small Church was erected during the 1836-1843 period at the spot where Apostle Andrew died a martyr.
In the mid-4th century, on the initiative of Emperor Constantine, the Holy Relics was transferred to St Apostles' Church in Constantinople. When the Franks occupied the city, the Relics were transferred to Italy. On September 26th 1964, the Saint's Head returned to Patras by Pope Paul and after the actions that the citizens of Patras and the Orthodox Church took.

It is the one of the largest and most artistic church in the Balkans and one of the largest across Europe.
The Church's central dome is ~50m high and supports a five meter high gold-plated cross and twelve smaller ones, symbolising Jesus and his twelve disciples respectively. The church's capacity is 5.500 persons.

http://www.btinternet.com/~tlsugrue/images/Greece/St_Andrews_Cathedral10.JPG

http://photos17.flickr.com/21782261_6ced810309_b.jpg

[Küsel]

Lincoln, York, Reims, Bourges, Köln, Sagrada Familia and Bern where allready mentioned. These ones I also love:

Fribourg
http://www.picswiss.ch/Fribourg/FR03-06.jpg

Canterbury
http://www.davidbarber.org/circumambulation/uk/8oct%20canterbury%203.jpg

San Marco
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kraut/RKraut.site.files/gallery/venice-san-marco-nite.jpg

St. Basil's:
http://www.travelersdigest.com/dakota/pictures/moscow1.jpg

[Bitxofo]

From pictures I've seen, it looks like some of the stonework inside La Sagrada Familia might already be suffering from exposure to the weather, since the building isn't roofed in yet. Can anybody verify that for me?

If they keep on schedule, they'll be WAY ahead of St. John the Divine in New York, which is finally supposed to become St. John the Finished in 2050 or thereabouts, last I heard.... :D
La Sagrada Familia central nave was covered 3 years ago...
;)
Weather is quite good in Barcelona, it does NOT suffer!
:wink2:

[Arpels]

Bitxofo donde esta la hermosa catedral gotica de Barcelona? :?

[DonQui]

post 37 Arpels.

[Matthieu]

Amiens for me.

http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/643.php

The pinnacle of gothic religious architecture in France isn't in Pairs; it's in the town of Amiens. It was here in 1220 that the gothic style of architecture took planted its roots deep in the French soil. In 1218, it is likely that few saw the burning of the 1152 Amiens Cathedral as a good thing. But in a historical context, the timing couldn't have been better. The discoveries and ideals of gothic architecture were sweeping across Europe just as the people of Amiens needed to build a wonderful new structure. The interior features vaults which are ribbed, allowing them to soar to then-unprecedented heights while allowing more light to pour through the high windows. The external double row of flying buttresses expose the skeleton of the building, while providing additional space for pinnacles, and other ornamentation. From both inside and outside, everything is designed to soar -- to reach for higher goals, and bring the viewer and his religious experience closer to God. At the time of its completion, this was the tallest church in France.

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame is a textbook example of the gothic style. Shafts of stone appear deceptively delicate as they stack upon one another through the arcade, triforium, and clerestory. The cathedral has a main nave flanked on either side by an arcade, which supports the triforium and eventually the magnificent stained glass windows of the clerestory. As space converges at the top of each bay, an oculus window fills the gap and provides even more light and beauty.

While it's nice that the cathedral gives us so many reasons to adore it, that is one reason to despise it. The casual viewer or tourist can be overwhelmed by all the eye candy. Taking time to digest the visual delights doesn't help; it just leads to the intellectual equivalent of indigestion. When the cathedral was built, people spent more time in church and could absorb its magnificence over a long period. This was a cathedral built for them and their time. Unless you live in Amiens, chances are you will be rushed through its glory and leave either unsatisfied or overwhelmed by the experience -- irony for a piece of art created 700 years before music television.

> 1218 - The original cathedral on this site burns down.
> 1220 - Work begins on the current cathedral.
> 1236 - The nave and western facade are completed.
> 1238 - Work begins on the radiating chapels.
> 1240 - Work is suspended when money runs out.
> 1258 - Work resumes.
> 1269 - The choir is completed.
> 1290 - Construction begins on the side chapels.
> 1375 - Chapel construction is completed.
> 1366 - The south tower is completed.
> 1402 - The north tower is completed.
> 1981 - The Cathedral of Notre-Dame becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
> The interior height of the nave in 143 feet/46 meters.



http://www.arch.columbia.edu/DDL/projects/amiens/slides/slide2f.gif

http://www.arch.columbia.edu/DDL/projects/amiens/maze-8.gif

http://www.arch.columbia.edu/DDL/projects/amiens/slides/slide8d.gif

http://www.arch.columbia.edu/DDL/projects/amiens/slides/slide9b.gif

http://www.arch.columbia.edu/DDL/projects/amiens/slides/slide2.gif

http://www.arch.columbia.edu/DDL/projects/amiens/slides/slide10c.gif

http://www.arch.columbia.edu/DDL/projects/amiens/slides/slide10.gif

http://www.arch.columbia.edu/DDL/projects/amiens/slides/slide3d.gif

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Paris/Images%203/St%20Germain%20Church021106%2002.jpg

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Amiens/Images%201/Amiens%20cathedral%20000%20021101.jpg

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Amiens/Images%201/Amien%20Cathedral%20021103%2015.jpg

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Amiens/Images%201/Amien%20Cathedral%20021103%2016.jpg

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Amiens/Images%201/Amien%20Cathedral%20021103%2001.jpg

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Amiens/Images%201/Amien%20Cathedral%20021103%2030.jpg

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Amiens/Images%201/Amien%20Cathedral%20021103%2010.jpg

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Amiens/Images%201/Amien%20Cathedral%20021103%2006.jpg

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Amiens/Images%201/Amien%20Cathedral%20021103%2011.jpg

http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/Amiens/Images%201/Amien%20Cathedral%20staind%20glass%20021103%2030.jpg

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/amiens1.jpg

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/amiens2.jpg


The pictures we've seen of Laon aren't very good, here are others.

http://www.orgel.com/laon.html


Like a Bach fugue, a Gothic cathedral demands all our emotional and intellectual powers . . . .

The exteriors of the Gothic cathedrals of the later twelfth and the early thirteenth century were in perfect harmony with the interiors - at least in the form in which they were planned; for hardly any were executed completely. Few visitors and even few students realize that. Laon is the only one (except for Tournai in Southern Belgium) that can give a true idea of what a French cathedral was intended to look like.
--- Nikolaus Pevsner, from "An Outline of European Architecture"



http://kinkodev.free.fr/register/cp/cp_laon1.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/joel.puissant/cartsitea/laon.jpg

http://amis.des.sentiers.free.fr/images/Laon%20053.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/nef.jpg

http://medlem.spray.se/exnihilo/bilder/laon_cathedral.jpg

http://www.hants.gov.uk/laon-twinning/images/cathedral.jpg

http://www.vitruvio.ch/arc/medieval/gothic/france/foto/v_laon.jpg

http://www.quid.fr/qm/photos/fr_520_bd.jpg

http://www.rad-tour.de/rad-tour/paris1998/bilder/03-07-98-cathedrale-laon.jpg

http://amis.des.sentiers.free.fr/images/Laon%20053.jpg

http://www.arch.montana.edu/classes/arch322/Images/Early%20Gothic/notredame@laon.JPG

http://www.arch.montana.edu/classes/arch322/Images/Early%20Gothic/notredame@laon1.JPG

http://www.arch.montana.edu/classes/arch322/Images/Early%20Gothic/notredame@laon2.JPG

http://www.arch.montana.edu/classes/arch322/Images/Early%20Gothic/notredame@laon3.JPG

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/portail.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/facade_plongeante.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/vierge.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/tour_lanterne.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/rose_chevet.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/vitrail_ouest.jpg

http://home.tiscali.be/avdberg/images/autres/laon/tribune_triforium.jpg

http://www.caingram.info/Worldwide/Pix/Laon.jpg

http://ohbayashi.com/goth/laon1.jpg

http://ohbayashi.com/goth/laon2.jpg

http://ohbayashi.com/goth/laon5.jpg

[Arpels]

post 37 Arpels.
cool, thanks :okay:

[EuroMaster]

At the most I like the cathedrale de Rouen:
http://www.jmcintl.mistral.co.uk/Rouen_Cathedral.jpg
http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~whtsai/MonetPagesNew/Webpages/Series%20Paintings/A.5%20%20Church/images/15%20Real%20Rouen%20Cathedral%20B.jpg
http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/BDX/BDX254/bxp44442.jpg
http://www.francerama.com/W/RED/photos/album/rouen-cathedrale_a_ca2.jpg
http://home.netvigator.com/~petty/images/DSC00160.JPG
http://home.netvigator.com/~petty/images/DSC00168.JPG
http://canadiansinfrance2.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/normandy9.jpg.w300h397.jpg
http://www.la-grange.net/photos/2001/03/Rouen/image/img_0196.jpg
http://www.asiancollage.com/Europe/Normandy/images/rouen%20cathedrale%20night.jpg
http://www.rouen-developpement.com/english/images/contenu/cathedrale.jpg
http://photoenligne3.free.fr/SeineMaritime/Rouen/Cathedrale/D952.jpg
http://photoenligne3.free.fr/SeineMaritime/Rouen/Cathedrale/D958.jpg
http://mk31.image.pbase.com/u33/kindofmagik/large/35994639.cathedrale0456.jpg
http://mishuna.image.pbase.com/u33/kindofmagik/large/35994640.cathedrale0457.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/b/bf/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_rouen.jpg


Milan:
http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/Mathematics/a.crannell/hm/Italy/Milan/mini_cathedral.jpg
http://www.ads.tuwien.ac.at/~ernst/cathedral.gif
http://www.neatpipes.com/images/varie/gallery/duomo.jpg
http://www.waltercedric.com/hollidays/italie/milano-cathedral/outside/duomo-di-Milano-roof.jpg

koelner Dom:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/d/da/K%C3%B6lner_Dom.jpg

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/photos/kyle200403/kyle200403-Images/31.jpg
http://www.learnignorance.com/images/2005/03/temple-de-la-sagrada-familia/down-the-street.jpg

Metz:
(looks a bit like the tower of Milan)
http://www.landesvertretung.saarland.de/medien/allgemein/CATHEDRALE_METZ(2).jpg
http://images.google.nl/url?q=http://www.rsl.ka.schule-
http://www.mairie-metz.fr:8080/METZ/HIST/GREGO/images/METZ_CATHEDRALE.jpeg
http://www.cityalbum.de/france/rundgaenge/metz/pict0041.jpg http://www.20six.fr/-/pub/mediaticmob/Photo_06_0.jpg
http://document.linternaute.com/document/image/550/208978/villes-cathedrale-metz-nancy-france-.jpg
http://www.mairie-metz.fr:8080/METZ/images/MZM_CATHEDRALE.jpeg
http://www.rsl.ka.schule-bw.de/jarny03/bilder_okt/kath.JPG

Antwerpen:
http://www.landenweb.com/images%5Cimgbelgie%5CKathedraal%20Antwerpen.jpg

Mont de saint Michel:
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/fr/MtStMichel/view.JPG
http://www.raubacapeu.net/people/yves/pictures/2001/06/06/dsc20010606001-mont_saint-michel-med.jpg
http://roytennant.com/photos/000238_l.jpg
http://4x4xtreme.com/images/Mont-Saint-Michel%20(iluminado).jpg

Some in the Netherlands:

Breda:
http://noordbrabantchurches.tripod.com/bredaolv64.jpg
http://noordbrabantchurches.tripod.com/bredaolv27.jpg
http://p.vtourist.com/1693431-Grote_Kerk-Breda.jpg
http://images.google.nl/images?q=tbn:7ET1XniUB30J:http://yuri.punt.nl/upload/breda.JPG
http://www.cafethepaddock.nl/TheCafe_bestanden/kerk.jpg
http://www.antiqui.nl/media/beelden/kerk.jpg
http://het.reiswijzers.net/articles/7785/images/david_2002/dagje_uit/BredaT.jpg
http://images.google.nl/images?q=tbn:YdghSvg0t7UJ:http://plaats.verkeerspark.nl/foto/206_5568.jpg http://images.google.nl/images?q=tbn:6v4kT-nLg0sJ:http://home.concepts.nl/~adsl0159/Images/Breda/Gr.Kerk4.JPG
http://p.vtourist.com/1375718-De_Grote_KerkCentre_of_Breda-Breda.jpg

Den Bosch:
http://www.shutterfreaks.com/albums2/album152/St_Jan_Den_Bosch_08.jpg
http://p.vtourist.com/795236-s_Hertogenbosch_cathedral-Den_Bosch.jpg
http://kleioscoop.digischool.nl/gotiek.jpg


Utrecht, Domtoren
http://www.sasebo99.com/pic/guide/htb/main-htb.jpg
http://www.liquids2005.nl/images/domtoren.jpg
http://www.liquids2005.nl/images/domkerk.jpg
http://www2.let.uu.nl/Solis/homelet/images/pand_en_stad/Domtoren7_klein.jpg
http://image03.webshots.com/3/6/88/10/10668810KzevoFeSzx_ph.jpg

Arnhem: Eusebius:
http://www.arnhem-actueel.nl/images/imm026.JPG
http://www.arnhem-actueel.nl/images/imm012.JPG
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid115/p05915f898ed792960b98136750a72076/f8c6e595.jpg
http://www.stadsschoon.nl/images/eus_01.gif

Groningen, Martinitoren:
http://www.studio-evenaar.nl/kellerhuis/webpag2/wk2/martinitoren.jpg
http://www.cda-afdelingen.nl/CDAgroningen/uploads/Martinitoren2.JPG
http://www.schlijper.nl/archive/2001/03/010320-Groningenoverzicht.jpg

middelburg:
http://photos.heremy.com/per/6994761.jpg
http://photos.heremy.com/per/10348761.jpg


Oudenbosch, :)
http://www.travel-images.com/nether79.jpg

Here my own design of a Cathedral. The tower in the middle i have changed. Now it looks more beatyful. :)
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/3278/z26zu.jpg
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/369/z13oj.jpg

[weill]

Saint Andrews in roanoke, va

[Liz L]

Thanks, bitxofo - I'm glad to hear that!

Sometimes I forget that some places on the planet actually DO have uniformly good weather... :D

Of course, where I live (Indiana), the motto is, "if you don't like the weather, stick around for a few minutes - it'll change!" :| :D

[Matthieu]

This is the perfect gothic church according to Viollet le Duc.

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic/gothic.jpg

[Scarecrow]

St Paul's

Built in the late 1600's on the orders of Charles II, it is the largest Protestant cathedral in the world and stands 111m tall.

Sorry to drag this up again, but it isn't. Liverpool cathedral is almost twice the size. :)

[Þróndeimr]

Milan Cathedral, Milano and Nidarosdomen, Trondheim.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Italy/MilanCathedral5.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Italy/MilanCathedral6.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Italy/Milano9.jpg

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/3950/nidarosdomen2small9qz.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Trondheim%20city%20archive/Imgqp_0020.jpg

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/679/nidarosdomen27rt.jpg

http://www.vad1.com/photo/stock/a141-27-4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/wolkenkrabber/trondheim/Bild075.jpg

[coth]

beeing East Slavic I prefer East Slavic styles


Isaak Cathedral, Piter


http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070516.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070518.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070517.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070528.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1000223.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/sever_front.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/ug_front.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/zapad_front1.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070869.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070872.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070866.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070889.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070874.jpg
http://www.photo.sbor.ru/Piter/_________________/images/P1070891.jpg

http://club.foto.ru/gallery/images/preview/136082.jpg

[Islandre]

My faves:
1.The duomo in Firenze
2. St. Peter's in Roma
3. Notre Dame in Paris

[tpe]

Gothic? Chartres.

Non-Gothic? The Duomo in Siena or San Marco in Venice.

[Bent]

Catedral da Sé - São Paulo

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/8858/cs28wc.jpg

http://www.colorfotos.com.br/sp/fotos/catedral3.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/6285/cs18rv.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/7756/cs08mz.jpg

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/4469/cs312zc.jpg

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/2777/cs56sf.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/9161/cs67gy.jpg

http://img10.exs.cx/img10/9207/56014542dKmfhh_ph.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/6549/cs256dj.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/4467/cs264mi.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/8496/cs270nm.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/4460/cs79jg.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/3329/cs113pe.jpg

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/5228/cs198qh.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/806/cs131cy.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/9598/cs183kp.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/1844/cs229tc.jpg

http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/2749/cs247wp.jpg

http://img10.exs.cx/img10/4417/dt55.jpg

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/3964/dsc03473b9xk.jpg

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/748/dsc03475b5jg.jpg

:)

[Mieres]

Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares (España)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/inam/2618088.jpg
http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/5194/catedral4sf.png
http://www.geraldbrimacombe.com/Spain_Portugal/Spain%20-%20Palma%20de%20Mallorca%20-%20Cathedral%201.jpg
http://www.geraldbrimacombe.com/Spain_Portugal/Spain%20-%20Palma%20de%20Mallorca%20-%20Cathedral%20Int.%203.jpg
http://www.geraldbrimacombe.com/Spain_Portugal/Spain%20-%20Palma%20de%20Mallorca%20-%20Cathedral%20Int.%202.jpg
http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/8481/parcdelamar4ah.png
http://www.geoffwilliamson.com/Newpics2/bt037/images/GW03800-50.jpg
http://www.pinosplaya.com/vistas/Catedral.jpg


y esta otra no es las mas guapa de España pero si de Asturies
Oviedo/Uviéu, Asturias/asturies (España)
http://www.azabachelise.com/liseweb/el_camino_de_santiago/big/azabache_ovetus_catedral.jpg
http://www.fenichel.com/goldencathedral.jpg
http://www.rollins.edu/int-programs/ovi-catedral.jpg
En 1939
http://nodo018.bankhacker.com/pueblos/fotos/00029680.jpg

[xXMrPinkXx]

Kaiserdom, Speyer (Germany)

World´s biggest romanic cathedral! Built 1030-1061

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/3/30/Speyer_Dom_Laengsseite.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/a/a9/SpeyererDomPortalseite.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/6/69/SpeyererDomLangschiff.jpg

http://www.fahrrad-tour.de/Rheintal/BilderSpeyer/BSpeyerDom.jpg

http://www.otta2000.com/Pfalz/speyer%20kaiserdom.jpg

http://www.otta2000.com/Pfalz/speyer%20kaiserdom3.jpg

http://www.wein-plus.de/deutschland/bilder/tmp/tmp_big_b199.jpg

http://www.segelflug.de/vereine/vorgebirge/Fotos%20und%20Grafiken/Linkenheim%20Herbst%202004/Dom%20zu%20Speyer.jpg

[TalB]

While most of the big churches get all of the attention here, sometimes the smaller ones should get mentioned as well. St Paul's Chapel may not be anything special, and there are many churches that are bigger and widder that it is. However, it is the oldest surviving structure in Manhattan. I guess one of the reason it doesn't get a lot of metioning is b/c it usually stood in the shadow of the Twins. Speaking of those buildings, it was the only place in the area not to get touched by the debree on 9/11. This place also includes a small cemetery to early NYers like neighboring Trinity Church.

http://www.preserve.org/wtc/stpaul.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/pjw/ny1/stp.jpg
http://hanover.blogspot.com/st.%20paul%20church.JPG
http://www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nyc03/paul1.jpg
http://www.phoebe-snow.com/images/WorldTradeCenter/WTC_StPaulsChapel.jpg
http://www.timares.com/family/nyc_trip/water/36_img_5875.jpg
http://www.timares.com/family/nyc_trip/water/39_img_5885.jpg
http://www.timares.com/family/nyc_trip/water/40_img_5890.jpg
http://www.award-graphics.com/newell/nyc/nyc-church_viewof_wt.jpg
http://www.adamlyon.com/photoalbums/ny2004day3/16_G.jpg

[Arpels]

to me the best cathedral in Portugal is the cathedral of Guarda (my city), this cathedral was started in the XIV century and finish in the XVI century:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda05.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda02.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda00.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda04.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda06.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda07.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda08.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/seguarda.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/catedralguarda09.jpg

[WeasteDevil]

I cant believe the amount of images of the same thing some people post on these forums. It doesn't bother me as I've got a 4mb/s connection, but really, does nobody have respect anymore for those people still on 56k modem or people with slow computers?

Surely 3 or 4 pictures of one building is enough? I mean, you could post 3 or 4 of the best ones, and then links to the rest. This is overload sometimes. Never understood why the admin of this site allows more than 8 pictures per post to actually be made, because it's easily done in the forum setup console.

[bubomb]

While most of the big churches get all of the attention here, sometimes the smaller ones should get mentioned as well. St Paul's Chapel may not be anything special, and there are many churches that are bigger and widder that it is. However, it is the oldest surviving structure in Manhattan. I guess one of the reason it doesn't get a lot of metioning is b/c it usually stood in the shadow of the Twins. Speaking of those buildings, it was the only place in the area not to get touched by the debree on 9/11. This place also includes a small cemetery to early NYers like neighboring Trinity Church.]


Some very very powerful and rich people own that church. It has a very interesting history.

[Encore]

St. Michiels & St. Goedele cathedral BRUSSELS:


http://www.ilotsacre.be/images/SteGudule.jpg

[Kazurro]

Gothic Cathedral: León Cathedral

http://www.lector.net/phynov99/leon11.jpg
http://www.lector.net/phynov99/leon16.jpg
http://www.lector.net/phynov99/leon2.jpg
http://www.lector.net/phynov99/leon15.jpg
http://campaners.com/torre/t646a.jpg
http://www.arteguias.com/maquetas/catedralleon.jpg
[ìmg]http://cvc.cervantes.es/actcult/camino_santiago/octava_etapa/leon/imagenes/norte/300/catedral_leon_fach_norte.jpg[/img]
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9938/dsc005039tc.jpg
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4075/dsc005022bi.jpg

Non-Gothic Cathedral: My favourite is la Sagrada Familia in BCN ;)

[Ookido]

Seu Vella, in Lleida, Spain, the symbol of the city, but is so dirty(for me):
http://www.geocities.com/lleida_cat/images/a010.jpg
http://turisme.paeria.es/imatges/12-1-seu.jpg

[cristianocani]

Orvieto Dome (Italian gothic):

http://tinypic.com/inddfl.jpg

http://tinypic.com/inde1i.jpg

http://tinypic.com/indefs.jpg

http://tinypic.com/indg6e.jpg

http://tinypic.com/indgnl.jpg


Pisa Cathedral (romanesque with islamic influences):

http://tinypic.com/indhed.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ine24g.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ine2dk.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ine3gl.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ine536.jpg


Monreale Dome (byzantine and romanesque with islamic influences):

http://tinypic.com/ine5mp.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ine6uo.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ine88k.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ine8g3.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ine8p5.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ine8wg.jpg

[Sukino]

St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Austria - gothic style
http://org.elon.edu/choral/images/viennaprague/ststephens3.jpg
http://www.viennaslide.com/p/0100-vienna/Viennaslide-01010181.jpg

[SkyLerm]

For me Il Duomo in Milano ;)

[SEED]

What bout the Abbey of Melk in Austria.. one of the most beautiful Boroque church in Europe i think.. and Il Redentore in Venice by Adrea Palladio.. :drool:

[SEED]

Il Redentore, Venezia.

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/venice/redentore/0034.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/venice/redentore/0039det.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/venice/redentore/0023.jpg

[Taller, Better]

I had some difficulty with the download time of the many pics, but it was well worth
it. Such amazingly beautiful architecture! If I was forced to pick one country with
the most beautiful cathedrals, I may be tempted to say France. But each and every
one of the examples people have posted here have been wonderful!! :)

[SEED]

Abbey at Melk, Austria. Architect was Jakob Prandtauer.

http://www.galenfrysinger.com/europe/melk01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/87/Stift_melk_001.jpg/800px-Stift_melk_001.jpg

[pouzet]

http://www.coutances.fr/IMG/jpg/cath.jpg

Built in the 13° century it is one of the most beautiful cathedral in France, not well kwown because Coutance is a small city.
Typical of Norman architecture with a splendid 'Tour lanterne' in the center of the cathedral.

[jacek_t83]

Katowice, Upper-Silesia, Poland
A Catholic church under the invocation of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary

http://www.gkw.katowice.pl/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10007/normal_DSCI0050.jpg

http://www.gkw.katowice.pl/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10007/normal_DSCI0075.jpg

http://www.gkw.katowice.pl/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10007/normal_DSCI0063~0.jpg

http://www.gkw.katowice.pl/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10007/normal_kosc.jpg

[Extrematurensis]

Sevilla's Cathedral. Spain's biggest that also keeps Christofer Columbu's impresive tomb inside. A must visit.

[fish]

How about New York:
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8476/cathedralfromthesky6on.jpg
The roof is one huge cross.

[CULWULLA]

^ youll find most cathredals/churches floor plans are cruciform shape. the nave is long part of cross while intersecting cross forms the transept.

[Liwwadden]

(saint) bonifatius church, Leeuwarden, 90 meters tall

http://www.katie.livardia.nl/modules/picofday/images/bonfkerk_b.jpg

and a chuch in Bayeux, Normandy, France, sorry forgot the name... and height to...

http://www.eriding.net/media/photos/geography/normandy/040804_btonks_mp_geo_norm_bayeux_church.jpg

[Dziekan]

a pic of Gdansk, Poland
http://imggal.trojmiasto.pl/zdj/arch/300/z335.jpg

[Basel_CH]

Basler Münster, Basel (Switzerland)

http://www.baslermuenster.ch/

http://home.datacomm.ch/henkpriv/Photoalben/Photos1/Bilder/810407b.jpg
http://img-x.fotocommunity.com/42/2329742.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/pash/images/Bas_025.jpg

[jacek_t83]

Katowice-Panewniki, Upper-Silesia, Poland
Basilic under the invocation of St. Ludwik the King.

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_1.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_2.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_3.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_4.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_5.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_6.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_7.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_8.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_9.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_10.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_11.JPG

http://www.xthost.info/jacek83/sakralna/fasade_12.JPG

[eulogy]

St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/yoology/StMarys/400px-StMarysCathedralKA.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/yoology/StMarys/0305-1995-05.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/yoology/StMarys/1676020-170998615d5a185c.jpg

[MirageBistro]

:okay:

[maiwell]

florencia, salamanca, ulm, leon, milano,...

[OtAkAw]

Well, it's time for me to post my favorite Cathedral that many of you might not even know. Since it is located on the far side of the world, in a nation that is predominantly Catholic, The Philippines, many of you might not even seen this Cathedral yet. Well, it's not very grandiose since we are not in EUROPE, HELLO? would you expect a Notre Dame de Chartres-style of Cathedral in ASIA? ANyways, it was first built somewhere in the 1570's and it has been rebuilt over and over again for over 7 times. The Spaniards built a grand one in the 1800's but it was bombed by the Americans in WWII since they though some Japs might have been hiding there.

Well anyway, here is it. This is the back portion
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3083/421177097qe.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This next picture below shows the bell tower, FYI, this cathedral is a reconstucted one built by the Vatican in 1957. It is located in Intramuros, Manila. Intramuros had 10 churches before including this cathedral, only one of them remained entirely intact.
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2905/421177196vl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Anyway, this is the Cathedral just right after the WWII Liberation of Manila where 100,000 souls lost their lives, this pic below is a grimy reminder of what war can do!
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3685/1947cathedral5gi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This pic below shows the interiors of the Cathedral, rather bland compared to the ones in Europe but then again WE ARE IN ASIA!
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8662/421177262uc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Well, many might be skeptical if ever we Filipinos have got some nice churches to share, well, we have! This next pic is not the Manila Cathedral, rather the Iglesia de San Agustin, a UNESCO World HEritage Site, oldest in the Philippines. It's got a lovely interior!
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8420/sanagustin28qf.gif (http://imageshack.us)


Hope you liked my favorite Church and Cathedral, all photos, I got them from the Philippine sub-forum and it's my bad that I forgot to whom I should give credit to, so kung sino man siya, sana mapatawad niya ako!

[OtAkAw]

^^Oops, the facade, I forgot! HEre's Manila Cathedral's front portion from the corner view.
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/3117/pikkie1174hx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[c0kelitr0]

^^ I can't believe what you said about Manila Cathedral...it is beautiful, period. and here are my pics of the Manila Cathedral...

The Manila Cathedral
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/jafhoy3/100_0996copy.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/jafhoy3/100_0999copy.jpg

[WANCH]

My favorite is the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County

http://www.lamarus.cz/mista/crystal%20cathedral/cc%20010.JPG

http://www.medialon.com/images/news/High%20quality/Crystal%20Cathedral_01_HR.jpg

[hkskyline]

http://www.globalphotos.org/barcelona/20050421/RIMG0346.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/barcelona/20050421/RIMG0347.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/barcelona/20050421/RIMG0354.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/barcelona/20050421/RIMG0461.jpg

[Aquarius]

Sagrada Familia is not a cathedral

[_UberGerard_]

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/mexico/mexicocity/cathedral/2.jpg
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/2213/cat11do.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1188/cat23dy.jpg
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/5337/cat35jp.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2827/cat48dy.jpg

[MWL]

Murcia's Cathedral (Spain), singular...

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/Catedral de Murcia, Plaza Cardenal Belluga, Murcia. (finales XIV-1751).JPG (http://www.theimagehosting.com)

[samsonyuen]

St Pauls London
Sacré Cœur Paris
Notre Dame Montréal
Sagrada Familia Barcelona
Salisbury Cathedral

[Limongi]

My favorite Brazilian cathedrals:

1. Catedral Metropolitana da Sé - São Paulo, Brazil
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e5/limongict/catedral_se.jpg

2. Catedral Metropolitana Nssa. Sra. Aparecida - Brasília, Brazil
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e5/limongict/evangelistas.jpg

[]'s
:okay:

[Enzo911]

http://www.medialon.com/images/news/High%20quality/Crystal%20Cathedral_01_HR.jpg

Cathedral or discotheque? :dance:
:D