Sierra Leone
St George’s Cathedral, Freetown
The Georgian cathedral of the freed - mother church of the province founded for liberated slaves, built of…
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South Africa
St George’s Cathedral: “the People’s Cathedral” that stayed open to all races through apartheid
A Cape Town, in Sudafrica, la prima pietra della chiesa anglicana sul sito attuale fu posata il 23…
Isle of Man
St German’s Cathedral: the ruined cathedral haunted by a ghost dog that may have inspired the Hound of the Baskervilles
La cattedrale dedicata a san Germano fu costruita nel XII secolo all'interno delle mura di Peel Castle, sull'isolotto…
Netherlands
St John’s Cathedral (1220–1525): the Angel with the Mobile Phone Among the 96 Figures on the Buttresses, Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch
Tra le decine di sculture grottesche e angeliche che popolano i contrafforti volanti della cattedrale — unici al…
Belize
St John’s Cathedral, Belize City
The oldest Anglican cathedral in Central America - built of ships'-ballast brick by enslaved labour, where Miskito kings…
Malta
St John’s Co-Cathedral (1578): the Only Painting Caravaggio Ever Signed, in the Blood Shed by the Beheaded Baptist
Dietro una facciata austera che ricorda una fortezza, la chiesa conventuale dei Cavalieri di Malta nasconde uno degli…
Australia
St Mary’s Cathedral: the Gothic cathedral that waited 132 years for its own spires
A Sydney, il governatore Lachlan Macquarie pose la prima pietra di una prima cappella cattolica il 29 ottobre…
China
St Michael’s Cathedral, Qingdao
Twin towers over the German city of China - the granite cathedral of the beer-and-Bauhaus port, survivor of…
United Kingdom
St Patrick’s Cathedral RC, Armagh (1873): work stopped for the Great Famine, and its archbishop died before seeing it finished
I lavori iniziarono il 17 marzo 1840, giorno di San Patrizio — ma si fermarono cinque anni dopo,…
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