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St Magnus Cathedral dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.Originally Roman Catholic, it is the oldest cathedral in Scotland and the most northerly cathedral in the United Kingdom - a fine example of Romanesque architecture built when the islands were ruled by the Norse Earls of Orkney.
Glasgow Cathedral and St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney are the only medieval cathedrals in Scotland to have survived the Reformation virtually intact. [1] The medieval Bishop's Castle stood to the west of the cathedral until 1789.
St Magnus, Kirkwall: Orkney: 1137: www.stmagnus.org ... Glasgow Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Luke: 1954 1877 Belhaven Presbyterian Church
The Romanesque interior of St Magnus Cathedral, the seat of the bishops of Orkney. The Bishop of Orkney was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Orkney, one of thirteen medieval bishoprics of Scotland. It included both Orkney and Shetland. It was based for almost all of its history at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall.
Glasgow Cathedral (3 C, 4 P) S. St Machar's Cathedral (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Cathedrals of the Church of Scotland" ... St Machar's Cathedral; St Magnus Cathedral;
The chevron pattern in the detailing on the piers was modelled on that at Durham Cathedral. [2] Similarly, St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney, begun in 1137, may have employed masons who had worked at Durham, with which it shares a similar pattern of great round arches based on thick cylindrical pillars. [11]
St Andrews Cathedral; St Columba's Cathedral; St Giles' Cathedral; St John's Cathedral, Oban; Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke, Glasgow; St Machar's Cathedral; St Magnus Cathedral; St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow; St Ninian's Cathedral; St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee; St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen
Glasgow Cathedral (3 C, 4 P) Pages in category "12th-century church buildings in Scotland" ... St Magnus Cathedral; St Oran's Chapel; St Olaf's Church, Unst; T.