Alentejo
Sé de Évora (1250): the cathedral-fortress where Vasco da Gama’s fleet flags were blessed before India
Sé de Évora, Évora, Portugal. Photo: Norbert Nagel, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Évora, Portogallo · iniziata…
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Centro
Sé Velha de Coimbra (1184): the fortress-cathedral where Portugal’s second king was crowned
Sé Velha de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. Photo: Digitalsignal (Paolo Querci), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Coimbra, Portogallo…
Prešov Region
Spišská Kapitula (XII sec.): la “Vaticano slovacca” con una sola strada, dove i lavori della cattedrale si fermarono per l’invasione mongola del 1241
Katedra św. Marcina, Spišská Kapitula. Photo: Henryk Bielamowicz, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Spišské Podhradie, Prešov, Slovacchia…
Split-Dalmatia County
Split Cathedral: a persecuting emperor’s tomb, turned into a church for one of his own victims
Cathedral of Saint Domnius, Split, Croatia. Photo: Fred Romero, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Split, Croazia ·…
Košice Region
St Elisabeth Cathedral: a rebel prince’s remains, brought home from Ottoman exile after nearly two centuries
Cathedral of St Elisabeth, Košice, Slovakia. Photo: Maros Mraz, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Košice, Slovacchia ·…
Western Cape
St George’s Cathedral: “the People’s Cathedral” that stayed open to all races through apartheid
St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Dietmar Rabich, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cape Town,…
Isle of Man
St German’s Cathedral: the ruined cathedral haunted by a ghost dog that may have inspired the Hound of the Baskervilles
St German’s Cathedral ruins, Peel Castle, Isle of Man. Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA…
South Eastern Region
St John’s Co-Cathedral (1578): behind a fortress facade, the only painting Caravaggio ever signed, in the Baptist’s own blood
St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta. Photo: Julian Lupyan, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0. La Valletta, Malta · chiesa conventuale…
New South Wales
St Mary’s Cathedral: the Gothic cathedral that waited 132 years for its own spires
St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, Australia. Photo: JohnArmagh, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Sydney, Australia · prima pietra…
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