an internationally regarded scholar of medieval architecture. “Parisian limestone is very porous. It’s full of cavities that had collected 850 years of dirt, which was finally removed. The cathedral ...

Because of the unity of its architecture and decoration, the result of research of the first Gothic era, its immense influence on the art of Middle Age Christianity, Chartres Cathedral appears as an ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from ... applying medieval forms and features to a more modern setting.

Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest achievements—ambitious monuments where master architects, ...

Whilst medieval cathedrals took centuries ... were illiterate and few copies of the Bible were in existence. The construction of the Anglican Cathedral began in 1904 to a design by Giles Gilbert ...

At first glance, Vicars’ Close looks chocolate box perfect. Linked to Wells Cathedral by a 15th-century tower and bridge, the ...

Scaffolding has also been taken down to show the extension's stonework, glazed terracotta fins and copper roof parapet. The ...

It is likely that the construction of the chapel coincided with the erection of a major new church just to the west, across what is now the site of the cathedral cloister. With regard to this project, ...

Apart from the beauty of its architecture, it bears witness to the power of Christianity in medieval France. The plan of the cathedral is simple and harmonious. It is a basilica with five naves and ...

An immense cathedral dominates the city of Évora, in Portugal. Dating back to the 12th century, it is an architectural masterpiece combining Romanesque and Gothic styles.

Towering over Lafayette Square in the Historic District, the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist's Gothic towers should lure in any architecture ... it to Europe's medieval churches.