Cathedrals
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aachen Cathedral | Church of St Mary/"Kaiserdom" | |
| Albi | Cathedral (late 13th century) | |
| Alcala de Henares | Magesterial Cath | |
| Aleppo | Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs | |
| Amiens Cathedral | Bas Cat de Notre Dame | |
| Angra do Heroismo | Se Cathedrale | |
| Ani | ||
| Antigua Guatemala | Cat de San Jose (Former Cath) | |
| Aquileia | Bas di S Maria Assunta (Former Cath) | |
| Arab-Norman Palermo | Palermo Cathedral, Monreale Cathedral, Cefalù Cathedral | |
| Arequipa | Basilica Cathedral | |
| Asmara | Enda Mariam Cathedral - cathedral of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. | |
| Assisi | San Rufinus | |
| Avignon | Bas Cat Notre Dame des Doms | |
| Avila | The Saviours | |
| Bamberg | St Peter und St Georg | |
| Bardejov Town | St Aegidius | |
| Belfries | Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp), tower of the St. Rumbold's Cathedral (Mechelen), Basilica of Our Lady in Tongeren (former cathedral) | |
| 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) | |
| Bourges Cathedral | St Etienne | |
| Brasilia | Metro' Nossa Sen'a Aparecida, Cat Militar Sta Maria dos Militares | |
| Bridgetown | St. Patrick's Cathedral - Catholic and St. Michael's Cathedral - Anglican | |
| Brugge | St Salvador | |
| Burgos Cathedral | Our Lady of Burgos | |
| Burgundy | Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne (Dijon) | |
| Butrint | Byzantine (former) | |
| Caceres | St Mary's co-Cathedral | |
| Camagüey | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (rebuilt 19th century) | |
| Camino Real | San Luis Potosi (Baroque 1670-1740) and Durango started 1675 Baroque | |
| Campeche | ||
| Canterbury | Church of Christ | |
| Cartagena | San Pedro | |
| Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik | St. James | |
| Chartres Cathedral | Notre Dame | |
| Churches and Convents of Goa | Sé Cathedral | |
| Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture | Transfiguration Cathedral in the Ensemble of the Spaso-Mirozhsky Monastery | |
| Cidade Velha | Sé Catedral (ruins) | |
| Cienfuegos | Catedral de la Purisima Concepción. The two-towered, neo-classical building was finished in 1869 and consecrated as cathedral in 1904. | |
| City of Luxembourg | Notre Dame | |
| Cologne Cathedral | Domkirk SS Peter und Maria | |
| Cordoba | Mezquita de Córdoba | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Elvas | Nossa Senhora da Assunção | |
| Evora | Sao Francisco | |
| Ferapontov Monastery | cathedral of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin | |
| Ferrara | Bas Cat di S Giorgio | |
| Florence | Bas Cat Sta Maria del Fiore | |
| Fortifications of Vauban | Cathédrale Saint-Jean (Besançon) | |
| Goias | Catedral Santa Ana | |
| Grand-Bassam | Cathédrale Sacré Coeur | |
| Graz | St Agidius | |
| Harar Jugol | Medhane Alem Cathedral | |
| Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region | Oura Cathedral | |
| Hildesheim Cathedral and Church | 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 | |
| Kotor | St Tryphon | |
| Kraków | Wawel | |
| Kremlin and Red Square | Anunciation, Dormition, Archangel Michael, St Basils | |
| Kujataa | During the Norse period, from 1000- 1500 AD, Igaliku was known as Gardar and was the main seat of the church. Christianity was introduced to Greenland at the turn of the last millennium, and Greenland got its first bishop in 1124. The impressive episcopal residence Garðar was established shortly afterwards in Igaliku. A cathedral was built, and was the biggest church in Greenland in the Middle Ages. | |
| Kutna Hora | Cath of Our Lady at Sedlec | |
| Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra | St Sophia Cath | |
| L'viv | Armenian Catholic Cathedral, Latin Cathedral and probably St. George's Cathedral | |
| Le Havre | Cathedral of Le Havre, one of the few surviving structures from before WWII in the city center | |
| León Cathedral | ||
| Lima | Cat Bas St Juan Apostol | |
| Loire Valley | Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans; cathédrale Saint-Louis (Blois); cathédrale Saint-Gatien (Tours) | |
| 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) | |
| Mbanza Kongo | Kulumbimbi is the Cathedral of the Holy Saviour, the first episcopal seat in Africa south of the Equator, and it forms the heart of the identity of the Kingdom of Kongo (AB ev) | |
| Mexico City and Xochimilco | 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 | |
| Naumburg Cathedral | ||
| Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai | Notre-Dame Cathedral | |
| Novgorod | St Sophia | |
| Oaxaca and Monte Alban | Cath of the Virgin of the Assump' | |
| Ohrid Region | The Church of Saint Sophia was basically rebuilt in the last decade of the 10th century as a patriarchal cathedral in the form of a dome basilica. It later became a seat of the Archbishopric of Ohrid, under the Patriarchate of Constantinople until the 18th century. | |
| 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 | |
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | Padua Cathedral, or Basilica Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (the frescoes are in the Baptistery) | |
| Panamá | "impressive ruins of the cathedral" (Panama Viejo, AB ev) | |
| Paramaribo | Roman Catholic Cathedral St. Petrus en Paulus | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Notre Dame, cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides | |
| Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) | Duomo | |
| Pienza | Cathedral Santa Maria Assunta (1459-1462), Gothic | |
| Popocatepetl monasteries | Cath of the assumption of Mary | |
| Potosi | Cath Bas de Nstra Senora de la Paz | |
| Prague | Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert | |
| Puebla | Immaculate Conception | |
| Querétaro | Church of San Francisco served as a Cathedral until 1921 when it was chaged to San Felipe Neri. Both are within the WHS boundaries | |
| Quito | Virgin Asunta al cielo | |
| Québec | Notre Dame | |
| Rabat | St. Peter's Cathedral (1919), the ecclesiastical seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat. | |
| 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 | |
| Ruins of León Viejo | Ruins of the cathedral | |
| Salamanca | St Mary's ("Old"), Assumpt of Virign ("New") | |
| Salvador de Bahia | Cathedral Basilica of Salvador | |
| Salzburg | SS Virgil + Rupert | |
| San Cristobal 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 | |
| Segovia | St Mary's | |
| Seville | St Mary of the Sees | |
| Siena | Cat di S Maria Assunta | |
| Speyer Cathedral | SS Mary + Stephen | |
| Spissky Hrad and 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 of Zanzibar | Stonetown Anglican Cathedral | |
| Strasbourg | Strasbourg Cathedral | |
| Sucre | Cath-Basil de N Senora de Guad | |
| Sviyazhsk | Assumption Cathedral (16th century, Russian-Orthodox) | |
| 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) | |
| São Luis | Cat Met Nossa Senorha da Vitoria | |
| Tallinn | Alexander Nevsky Cathedral | |
| Tauric Chersonese | The Saint Vladimir Cathedral is a Neo-Byzantine Russian Orthodox cathedral on the site of Chersonesos Taurica (wiki) | |
| Thessalonika | Hagia Sophia - "In 1205, when the Fourth Crusade captured the city, the Hagia Sophia was converted into the cathedral of Thessaloniki, which it remained after the city was returned to the Byzantine Empire in 1246." | |
| Tipasa | Grand Basilica (former cathedral) | |
| Toledo | St Mary's | |
| Torun | SS John the Baptist/Evangelist | |
| Trier | Cath of St Peter | |
| Trinity Sergius Lavra | Holy Trinity Cathedral | |
| University of Coimbra | 12th century Cathedral of Santa Maria | |
| Urbino | Bas Cat di S Maria assunta | |
| Val d'Orcia | Montalcino Cathedral (Nomination file, p. 79) | |
| 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) | |
| Valletta | 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 and the Palladian Villas | 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 | |
| Westminster | Westminster Abbey (former): for short periods in the 16th century, the church had cathedral status ("Henry VIII assumed direct control of the abbey in 1539 and granted it the status of a cathedral by charter in 1540, simultaneously issuing letters patent establishing the Diocese of Westminster. By granting the abbey cathedral status, Henry VIII gained an excuse to spare it from the destruction or dissolution which he inflicted on most English abbeys during this period.") | |
| 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' | |
| Zamość | Holy Ascension + St Thomas | |
| Úbeda and Baeza | Sta Maria |
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