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This is a list of gothic cathedrals in Europe that are active Christian cathedrals (the seats of bishops), but also includes former cathedrals and churches built in the style of cathedrals, that are significant for their Gothic style of architecture. [1] [2] As such, some of the buildings listed here are parish churches or have other uses.
Best preserved brick Gothic fortification in Europe. Nuremberg Castle: Nuremberg: Domestic Military Religious c.1000–1545 One of the locations where the Imperial Regalia were kept prior to 1791. Nuremberg City Hall: Nuremberg: Civic 1332–1622 Paderborn Cathedral: Paderborn: Religious Quedlinburg Abbey: Quedlinburg: Domestic Religious 936–1708
Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest achievements—ambitious monuments where master architects, carpenters, stonemasons, and glassworkers pushed engineering to its limits ...
The Gothic style first appeared in France in the mid-12th century in an Abbey, St Denis Basilica, built by Abbot Suger (1081–1151). The old Basilica was the traditional burial place of Saint Denis, and of the Kings of France, and was also a very popular pilgrimage destination, so much so that pilgrims were sometimes crushed by the crowds.
France, Spain, German and Eastern European Gothic – The eastern end is long and extends into a high vaulted apsidal end. The eastern aisles are continued around this apse, making a lower passage or ambulatory. There may be a group of projecting, radiating chapels called a chevet. English Gothic – The eastern ends show enormous diversity.
It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is Germany's most visited landmark , attracting an average of 6 million people a year. [ 6 ]
ToruĊ has many monuments of architecture beginning from the Middle Ages, including 200 military structures. The city is famous for having preserved almost intact its medieval spatial layout and many Gothic buildings, all built from brick, including monumental churches, the Town Hall and many burgher houses. In 1236, due to frequent flooding ...
An atypical but inventive piece of Gothic architecture is the completely round Bellver Castle on Mallorca island, built in 1300-14 for James II of Majorca by architect Pere Salvà. [2] In France, the late medieval period — especially the time of the Hundred Years' War — saw the construction of a large number of new, feudal castles and ...