Durham Cathedral has always been an amazing building, however for the past few years they have been building and repairing the outside to make it look even better. It's such a huge building as soon as you walk in you are practically swallowed by it's height and stature, it makes you feel so small and instantly quiet. It's been named 'one of the great architechtural experiences of Europe' and i can understand why. The way the building is structured and designed is just mind blowing, every single detail seems to be still perfectly intact.
The Cathedral was built in 1093 and took 40 years to complete. A snip when you think how much work there was to do and the resources that would have been available to them at this time. The Cathedral is in honour of St Cuthbert, the saint that is best loved in the North and obviously was made for worship. It is 496 feet from West to East across the Cathedrals span, and is such an impressive and strong building to see situated at the top of Durham.
Over the years, the Cathedral has since then become a landmark for Durham, and hosts suitable events and cermonies. Such as the University of Durham's graduation service and they even had some Harry Potter filming.
I think Durham Cathedral is a piece of classic architecture that amazes me every single time i walk into it. You can't help but let your eyes wander and take in every pillar, window, arch...everything about the building shows great skill and determination and i like to see that it is in as much use today then it ever was.
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It is pretty spectacular my sister graduated in there this summer! The detail is amazing. Although I couldn't actually see the ceremony because there was a massive pillar in the way... impressive pillar nevertheless!
I have no idea how I deleted that last post by the way!
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