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Durham Cathedral

Rank:

UNESCO

Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: United Kingdom

Best of: Architecture, Romanesque, Cathedral, Christianity

Description:

Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries to house the relics of St Cuthbert (evangelizer of Northumbria) and the Venerable Bede. It attests to the importance of the early Benedictine monastic community and is the largest and finest example of Norman architecture in England. The innovative audacity of its vaulting foreshadowed Gothic architecture. Behind the cathedral stands the castle, an ancient Norman fortress which was the residence of the prince-bishops of Durham. [More Details]

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