They soar impossibly skyward, their spires pierce clouds, and their stained glass transforms sunlight into kaleidoscopes of color. Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest ...

Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest achievements—ambitious monuments where master architects, carpenters, stonemasons, and glassworkers pushed engineering to its limits.

Cathedrals were elaborate and brightly coloured ... Conqueror seized control of England and Wales. It is built in the Early English Gothic style and has a simple layout in the shape of a cross.

The crown jewel of French Gothic architecture, Chartres Cathedral was built in just 26 years after a devastating fire in 1194. Its revolutionary west façade, anchored by the iconic Royal Portal and ...

Gothic architecture developed along with cities – it was there that a vast majority of new buildings were erected. The Dominicans and Franciscans who settled in the Polish lands built their ...

In his 2008 series How to Build a Cathedral, Jon Cannon explores who built these magnificent ... and dramatic – cathedrals were the wonders of the medieval world, were showpieces of Christian ...

But the medieval windows were removed in time ... by 1948. St Mel’s cathedral in Ireland was built in the 19th century. However, as the result of an accidental fire, it burned on Christmas ...

Notre Dame to the National Cathedral Stone by stone uncover the ... buttresses to the intricacies of their stained glass the Gothic cathedrals stand as complex richly designed celebration for ...