how else can one describe the gutting of a building that stood witness to so much of Western European history? But in another sense, Notre Dame is one in a long line of cathedrals that have been ...

Burgos Cathedral (named after the city where ... Since Spain has one of the lowest costs of living in Europe, it's a great place for budget-minded travelers looking to avoid the crowds of Madrid.

Speyer Cathedral, a basilica with four towers and two ... can be regarded as one of the first great achievements of monument preservation in Europe. The westwork, rebuilt from 1854 to 1858 by Heinrich ...

but whose toil built the great cathedrals of medieval Europe. Most of them knew they wouldn’t live to see the final fruits of their massive multi-generational endeavor. They climbed their ...

In a recent Spectator article, A. N. Wilson predicted that within 50 years the great cathedrals of Europe would be no more than “heritage” sites, their meaning incomprehensible to the crowds who visit ...

I think we may have a new TV star. The Rev Pat Allerton is the host of Britain’s Great Cathedrals: To the Glory of God (Channel 5), a new two-part series in which he visits six of the nation’s ...

They made extensive use of intersecting arches and arcades, as well as geometric patterns and zigzags, which were previously unknown in European architecture. “Every Norman church and cathedral ...

A set of 16th-century royal burial regalia concealed in a niche under a staircase for nearly a century has been recovered from the Vilnius Cathedral ... families in Europe, Sotincenka said ...