The cathedral in all its Gothic glory that exists today was put ... more than two dozen German shells hit this cathedral. The wooden scaffolding was set on fire, which in turn lit the oak of ...

If you hear a loud crack at 1 p.m., don't worry: It's the traditional One o'Clock Gun that's been fired off daily (with few exceptions) since 1861. Visitors have expressed disappointment at the ...

The Gothic genre employs themes of degradation, horror, emotionalism over objectivity, and the supernatural to elicit wonder, suspense, and terror in audiences. From ...

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I think we may have a new TV star. The Rev Pat Allerton is the host of Britain’s Great Cathedrals: To the Glory of God (Channel 5), a new two-part series in which he visits six of the nation’s ...

Winter is winding down as the sun sets later each day, but nothing says spring like the day we spring the clocks forward. Under the current daylight saving period, most Americans will lose an hour ...

This widespread use of wood set into motion a self-reinforcing cycle: craftsmen specialised in wooden construction, industries geared up to supply wooden materials, and building codes were ...

He’s a relative newcomer to TV presenting (although he did feature on last summer’s very similar Channel 5 doc Building Britain’s Cathedrals), but clearly a forward-thinking member of the ...

In 1893, a congressional charter authorized a cathedral dedicated to religion, education and charity. Construction in the gothic style began in 1907 atop Mount St. Alban, the highest peak in the ...

Stunning medieval wall paintings inside France’s Angers Cathedral remained hidden for centuries. But now, for the first time, conservators from the University of Cambridge’s Hamilton Kerr Institute ...