We now head to one of Europe's most sumptuous, mysterious, and delightfully quirky cathedrals. The towering Seville Cathedral in southern Spain is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the largest ...

Cathedrals of Europe. Canterbury Cathedral (England) Built over a Romanesque crypt, the cathedral’s choir at its eastern end was rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174.

Majestic medieval churches ascended along Christian pilgrims' paths. People and wealth moved along the pilgrimage routes of Europe, sparking the building of Romanesque churches to welcome ...

While the great churches of Continental Europe developed in a succession of styles, England’s for the most part remained Gothic. ‘Interior of Ely Cathedral’ (1797) by J.M.W. Turner.

Across Europe, churches, convents and chapels stand empty and increasingly derelict after attendance shriveled over the last half-century. Empty European churches repurposed for drinking and ...

When Europe’s great cathedrals were built over a thousand years ago, they, too, were at the forefront of science. Their size, their height and their sheer complexity were the very embodiment of ...