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, ...

This virtual tour captures Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in downtown Montreal, surrounded by tall office buildings, green public space, and a bright urban skyline. The cathedral’s green dome, ...

An exhibition at the Met highlights the art of Gothic drawings—remarkably meticulous designs for a range of astonishing ...

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 ...

The U.S. is filled with architectural gems. Prepare to be amazed by these stunning churches, from soaring cathedrals to hidden chapels, in every state.

On April 4, 1942, the diarist Henry “Chips” Channon and a few of his friends paid a visit to Wells Cathedral—one of England’s early Gothic treasures—in the southwest county of Somerset. Having spent ...

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 ...

Add Us On GoogleAdd as a preferred source on Google Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the most important examples of Gothic architecture, being built at the very end of the Early Gothic period, before a ...

It was late on a Tuesday afternoon in 1989 when Chuck Toeniskoetter swung open the doors of Saint Joseph’s church in downtown San Jose to show his family what he’d been working on. Alongside his wife ...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (RNS) — Having lost the First World War, Germany had also “lost the peace” — the treaty signed in Versailles in 1919 awarded the Allies billions in reparations and forced Germany ...

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 ...