Trier Cathedral
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Christianity
Ancient cathedral and UNESCO site housing the Holy Robe, a relic at the center of major Catholic pilgrimages since 1512.
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Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed Gothic cathedral whose Shrine of the Three Kings made Cologne one of medieval Europe’s major pilgrimage destinations.
Down Cathedral
Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Historic cathedral beside the traditional burial place of St Patrick and a major destination on the Saint Patrick pilgrimage landscape.
St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh
Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Primatial Church of Ireland cathedral on the hill traditionally associated with St Patrick’s principal church at Armagh.
St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh
Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Roman Catholic primatial cathedral of Armagh, forming with the Church of Ireland cathedral a nationally important Patrician sacred landscape.
St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Ruined medieval cathedral that made St Andrews the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland and a major pilgrimage destination.
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Exceptional surviving medieval Scottish cathedral built around the tomb and pilgrimage shrine of St Mungo.
Llandaff Cathedral
Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Historic cathedral of Cardiff with roots in early Welsh Christianity and a major concentration of Welsh saint traditions.
St Davids Cathedral
St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
National shrine of St David and one of Wales’s foremost Christian pilgrimage destinations.
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom Christianity
Britain’s largest cathedral and a major national landmark of twentieth-century Anglican architecture.
Coventry Cathedral
Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom Christianity
International symbol of Christian reconciliation, built beside the ruins of the cathedral destroyed in the 1940 Coventry Blitz.
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Christianity
Internationally visited medieval cathedral renowned for its Early English Gothic architecture and Magna Carta heritage.