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The projection display on Durham Cathedral during the 2015 Lumiere festival. The first Lumiere festival took place in Durham in 2009 and has been recommissioned by Durham County Council every two years since then. 75,000 people attended the four-day event in 2009, the central exhibit of which was Durham Cathedral illuminated with projected images from the Lindisfarne Gospels. [6]
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The UNESCO committee classified the cathedral under criteria C (ii) (iv) (vi), reporting, "Durham Cathedral is the largest and most perfect monument of 'Norman' style architecture in England". [ 32 ] In its discussion of the significance of the cathedral, Historic England provided this summary in their 1986 report: [ 5 ]
Durham (/ ˈ d ʌr əm / ⓘ DURR-əm, locally / ˈ d ɜːr əm / listen ⓘ) [a] is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England.It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of County Durham.
Durham Castle and Cathedral is a World Heritage Site (WHS ID No. 370), [1] in Durham, England. The site includes Durham Castle, Durham Cathedral, Durham University, Palace Green and University College, Durham. It was first given World Heritage Site status in 1986, and its boundaries were modified in 2008. [1]
The clock was placed in the cathedral between 1494 and 1519, during the tenure of Prior Thomas Castell. [1] Dean Richard Hunt renovated it between 1620 and 1638.. It was originally on the east side of the rood screen, but was moved in 1593 to its current location in the south transept.
Memorial to Bishop Edward Maltby, Durham Cathedral. The Established Church Act 1836 set the maximum annual income for a bishop at £8,000 (£525,000 at 2003 prices [17]) but it was revealed in 1847 that Maltby was earning around £12,000 (£787,000 [17]), having exceeded £21,000 (£1.4 million [17]) in 1841. In response to the widespread ...
The Durham Miners' Association organised the first gala, which was held in 1871 in Wharton Park, Durham. At its peak during the 1950s and 1960s the gala attracted more than 300,000 people. [3] Despite the decline and eventual closure of all of Britain's deep mines the event has continued and in the 2000s has attracted attendances estimated at ...