When Christchurch architect Joseph Hampton was a boy, he stood and looked in awe at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. Little did ...

It has been eight centuries, to the year, since Pope Honorius III issued an edict to raise money for a new cathedral in the city of Metz. And while it would be years before the first stone was laid, ...

The Grand Ducal Burial Chapel is still preserved today as a historical facility integrated with the cathedral. Peter and Paul Cathedral has undergone multiple restorations in the approximately 300 ...

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 ...

The inspiring and daunting austerity of the new Cathedral permeates every aspect of its architecture. Going against tradition and placing the main entrance to the extreme left of the facade, the ...

Discover Hereford Cathedral, home to the Mappa Mundi, the world's largest surviving chained library, medieval treasures and stunning Norman-Gothic architecture.

The flying buttresses and ethereal murals are downright divine.

The Notre Dame Cathedral will survive a massive fire that threatened the 800-year-old Parisian landmark and, in it, one of the most famed examples of French Gothic architecture in the world. Built ...

Editor’s Note: Isambard Wilkinson was previously the Islamabad correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and is the author of ‘Travels in a Dervish Cloak.’ St George’s Cross billows above the castellated ...

Paris is a city like no other, and much of this has to do with its spectacular architecture. But yesterday Notre-Dame cathedral, one of its most iconic structures, caught fire for several hours, ...

If I were Christian, I think I’d be an Episcopalian. I’m basing this on a T-shirt I found in the Washington National Cathedral’s gift shop last week, one that listed many convincing reasons, including ...