Cathedral types

Representative of the period are Abbaye aux Hommes (the Abbey of the Men) in Caen, France; Worms Cathedral in Germany, the Cathedral of Pisa with its famous leaning campanile (bell tower), the Cathedral of Cefalù, Modena Cathedral and Parma Cathedral in...
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A cathedral is a church that contains the cathedra (Latin for 'seat') of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian...
WebA further five cathedrals are former abbey churches which were reconstituted with secular canons as cathedrals of new dioceses by …
Cathedral, in Christian churches that have an episcopal form of church government, the church in which a residential bishop has his official seat or throne, the …
WebThis is a list of cathedrals by country, including both actual cathedrals (seats of bishops in episcopal denominations, such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, and Orthodoxy) and a few …
WebGlossary Aisle: A pair of walkways that are parallel to the primary public spaces in the church, e.g. nave, choir and transept. The aisles are separated from the public areas by …
WebBuilding a Gothic cathedral. The Building of the Temple by Jean Fouquet ( c. 1465 ). The Temple of Solomon is depicted as a Gothic building under construction. Miniature from an illuminated manuscript of Josephus 's …
WebCathedral or Cathedra is the seat of the bishop in Christian liturgy. By its physical appearance, it symbolizes the glory of God and serves as a place where the bishop and …
These spaces of Christian worship range from the medieval gothic flying buttresses of Notre Dame in Paris to the lofty concrete modernism of Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília in Brazil. Classically, a …
A cathedral is a Christian church that serves as the seat of a bishop and the administrative center of a diocese. Cathedral architecture is based on Roman basilicas , …
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Architecture of cathedrals and great churches
Cathedrals, collegiate churches, and monastic churches like those of abbeys and priories, often have certain complex structural forms that are found less often in parish churches. They also tend to di…... Read more