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Há 2 dias · The Duomo, Roman Catholic church in Florence, Italy. When it was consecrated in 1436, it was the world’s largest church, able to accommodate 30,000 worshippers. Among the building’s significant features are its stained-glass windows; its ornate green, red, and white marble facade; its collection of
Há 1 dia · The Church had a near monopoly on education and knowledge production in the medieval period. Until the rise of universities in the 12th and 13th centuries, almost all schools were run by the Church. Cathedral schools and monasteries were the main centers of learning, where students studied theology, Latin, rhetoric, and the liberal arts.
Há 1 dia · Originally a church, later a mosque, the 6th-century Hagia Sophia (532–537) by Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Seville Cathedral (1507) in Spain.
Há 2 dias · Formerly abbey, dissolved 1540. Cathedral since 1541. Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and formerly St Peter's Abbey, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn.
Há 4 dias · Gloucester Abbey was dissolved in 1540, and in 1541 its church became the cathedral of the new diocese of Gloucester and with its precinct and claustral buildings was placed in the custody of the newly incorporated dean and chapter. The original bounds of the precinct are not known.
Há 3 dias · History. The Great Church of Christ. The Church of Hagia Irene, was the cathedral church of the Patriarchate before Hagia Sophia was completed in 360. In the year 330 the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great moved his residence to the town renaming it Nova Roma ( Νέα Ῥώμη ), or "New Rome".
Há 3 dias · An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated. Discover our history
