Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is Over 800 Years Old

Notre Dame Cathedral

by: John Vosburgh Notre-Dame de Paris is very old, over 800 years old! Appointed bishop of Paris in 1160, Maurice de Sully decided to give the capital a cathedral worthy of France’s largest city. He wanted to build it in the style of the day, now known as the gothic style. King Louis VII, one […]

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Refurbished Manchester Cathedral Dates back to the year 700

Manchester Cathedral

Because of the extensive refurbishment carried out both inside and outside the church during the nineteenth century, many people can be forgiven for thinking that, from appearances at least, Manchester Cathedral is a relatively modern church. In fact evidence of an early Saxon church in Manchester comes from the Angel Stone (right), which was discovered embedded in […]

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Arguably the Best Preserved Roman Building is the Pantheon

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Doobie Ann Commisioned by Marcus Agrippaas a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome and then rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian in about 126 AD, the Pantheon with a portico of three ranks of huge granite Corinthian columns. After two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon’s dome is still the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome. It is […]

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St Thomas’ Church in Birmingham

by Matthew Black

by Matthew Black This church was partly destroyed during the bombing of Birmingham by the Nazis in the second world war. It’s remains are popular draw card for visitors and travelers in Birmingham. Click the place marker for directions to St Thomas’ Church in Birmingham

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