Cathedrals

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Cathedrals':

  • Aachen Cathedral Church of St Mary/"Kaiserdom"
  • Albi Cathedral (late 13th century)
  • Alcalá de Henares Magesterial Cath
  • Aleppo Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs
  • Amiens Cathedral Bas Cat de Notre Dame
  • Angra do Heroismo Se Cathedrale
  • Antigua Guatemala Cat de San Jose (Former Cath)
  • Aquileia Bas di S Maria Assunta (Former Cath)
  • Arequipa Basilica Cathedral
  • Assisi San Rufinus
  • Avignon Bas Cat Notre Dame des Doms
  • Ávila The Saviours
  • Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery Bagrati Cathedral
  • Bamberg St Peter und St Georg
  • Bardejov Town St Aegidius
  • Belfries Bas ND de Tongres (Former Cath), Cath Notre Dame (Antwerp)
  • Berat and Gjirokastra Berat: the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Annunciation (13th cent., restored in 1747)
  • Bordeaux Cath Saint-Andre, Cath SJ-Baptitste - Former Cath
  • Bosra Cathedral of Bosra (former cath); link
  • Bourges Cathedral St Etienne
  • Brasilia Metro' Nossa Sen'a Aparecida, Cat Militar Sta Maria dos Militares
  • Brugge St Salvador
  • Burgos Cathedral Our Lady of Burgos
  • Butrint Byzantine (former)
  • Caceres St Mary's co-Cathedral
  • Camino Real San Luis Potosi (Baroque 1670-1740) and Durango started 1675 Baroque
  • Canterbury Church of Christ
  • Cartagena San Pedro
  • Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik St. James
  • Chartres Cathedral Notre Dame
  • Cidade Velha Sé Catedral (ruins)
  • City of Luxembourg Notre Dame
  • Cologne Cathedral Domkirk SS Peter und Maria
  • Cordoba Mezquita de C¢rdoba
  • Coro and its Port "Pope Clement VII made Coro South America's first bishopric in 1531 , thus this Church became the first Cathedral."
  • Costiera Amalfitana St Andrew
  • Cracow Wawel
  • Cuenca Nuestra Senora de Gracia
  • Cuzco Santo Domingo
  • Damascus Virgin Mary's Cathedral: It was built in the 2nd century A.C. It is considered the oldest church in Damascus
  • Diamantina Cat Metro Santo Antonio
  • Dubrovnik Assumption
  • Durham Castle and Cathedral Durham Cathedral
  • Echmiatsin and Zvartnots St Gregory, St George (Ruined)
  • Edinburgh St Giles High Kirk/Cathedral, St Mary's Metropolitan Cath
  • Evora Sao Francisco
  • Ferrara Bas Cat di S Giorgio
  • Florence Bas Cat Sta Maria del Fiore
  • Goiás Catedral Santa Ana
  • Graz St Agidius
  • Harar Medhane Alem Cathedral
  • Hildesheim St. Mary's Cathedral
  • Ibiza Our lady of the Snows
  • Island of Saint-Louis Cathédrale Saint Louis, 1828 Neoclassical facade
  • Istanbul Hagia Sophia (Former Cath)
  • Kasbah of Algiers The Ketchaoua mosque was before independence in 1962 the cathedral of St Philippe, itself made in 1845 from a mosque dating from 1612
  • Kazan Kremlin Annunciation Cathedral (1554-62), the only 16th-century Russian church to have six piers and five apses
  • Kiev St Sophia Cath
  • Kotor St Tryphon
  • Kremlin and Red Square Anunciation, Dormition, Archangel Michael, St Basils
  • Kutná Hora Cath of Our Lady at Sedlec
  • L'viv Armenian Catholic Cathedral, Latin Cathedral and probably St. George's Cathedral
  • Lima Cat Bas St Juan Apostol
  • Loire Valley Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans
  • Lyon Cat St Jean Baptiste
  • Macao St Pauls (Ruined), Se Cat da Natividade de N Senhora
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta Duomo di Mantova (Saint Peter's Cathedral)
  • Mexico City Metrop Cath of the Ascension
  • Modena Cat S Maria Assunta
  • Morelia Catedral de los Monjas
  • Mtskheta Svetitskhoveli
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon Sta Maria de Mediavilla, La Seo
  • Naples San Gennaro
  • Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai Notre-Dame Cathedral
  • Novgorod St Sophia
  • Oaxaca and Monte Alban Cath of the Virgin of the Assump'
  • Old City of Jerusalem Basilica of Holy Sepulchre, Co-Cath of Most Holy Name of Jesus, St James Cathedral
  • Old Havana St Cristopher
  • Olinda Cat metro Sao Salvador
  • Oporto Nossa Senhora
  • Paramaribo Roman Catholic Cathedral St. Petrus en Paulus
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine Notre Dame
  • Pienza Cathedral Santa Maria Assunta (1459-1462), Gothic
  • Pisa Duomo
  • Popocatepetl monasteries Cath of the assumption of Mary
  • Potosí Cath Bas de Nstra Senora de la Paz
  • Prague SS Vitus, Wenceslas, Adalbertÿ
  • Puebla Immaculate Conception
  • Québec Notre Dame
  • Quito Virgin Asunta al cielo
  • Regensburg St Peter
  • Reims Notre Dame
  • Riga St Mary's Dome
  • Rome Basilica of St. John Lateran
  • Roskilde Cathedral Domkirk
  • Route of Santiago de Compostela St Pedro, Jaca
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Cathedrale St Front (Perigueux), Ancienne Cathedrale (Bazas), Cath Notre Dame (Bayonne), Cathedrale Saint Capres (Agen), Bas Cath Notre Dame (Le Puy), C ND dl Sede (St Lizier) - Former Cath, N-D St B
  • Salamanca St Mary's ("Old"), Assumpt of Virign ("New")
  • Salvador de Bahia Cathedral Basilica of Salvador
  • Salzburg SS Virgil + Rupert
  • San Cristóbal de La Laguna Our Lady of the Remedies
  • Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca Old and New Cathedral (only latter is in use), Neo-Gothic style (1880)
  • Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela Cath
  • Santo Domingo Sta Maria la Menor
  • São Luis Cat Met Nossa Senorha da Vitoria
  • Segovia St Mary's
  • Seville St Mary of the Sees
  • Siena Cat di S Maria Assunta
  • Speyer Cathedral SS Mary + Stephen
  • Spissky Hrad & Levoca Spisska Kapitula - St Martin Cathedral
  • St. Petersburg St Isaacs, St Sampson, Our Lady of Kazan, SS Peter + Paul, Smolny Cath, St Nicholas Naval Cath, Transfiguration, Trinity, St Andrews, Grand Church of the Winter Palace ( consecrated as a cathedral in 1763)
  • Stone Town (Zanzibar) Stonetown Anglican Cathedral
  • Strasbourg Strasbourg Cathedral
  • Sucre Cath-Basil de N Senora de Guad
  • Syracuse "The Cathedral was built by bishop Zosimo in the 7th century over the great Temple of Athens (5th century BC), on the Ortygia island. This was a Doric edifice with six columns on the short sides and 14 on the long ones: these can still be seen incorporated in the walls of the current church." (Wiki)
  • Tallinn Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
  • Toledo St Mary's
  • Torun SS John the Baptist/Evangelist
  • Trier Cath of St Peter
  • Ubeda and Baeza Sta Maria
  • Urbino Bas Cat di S Maria assunta
  • Val di Noto Bas Cat di S Giuliano (Caltagirone), Cat di San Nicolo (Noto), Cat di S Giovan Bat (Ragusa), Bas Cat di S Agata (Catania)
  • Valetta St Johns
  • Venice and its Lagoon St Marks, Co-Cath S Pietro di Castello (Olivolo), Bas Cat SM Ass (Torcello) Former Cath
  • Verona Cat di Sta Maria Annun
  • Vicenza Cat di Sta Maria Annun
  • Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral
  • Vigan Met Cat Conversion of St Paul
  • Vilnius SS Stanislav and Vladislav
  • Visby St Mary
  • Warsaw St Johns, Cath of St Michael Arch + St Florian, Co-Cath of Our Lady of Victory
  • White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal Cathedral of the Assumption (1158)
  • Willemstad Cath of Our Lady of the holy Rosary
  • Zacatecas Cath Basil - Virgin of the Assump'
  • Zamosc Holy Ascension + St Thomas