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The interior is richly decorated in marble and semiprecious stones, notably a 35 ft (11 m) mosaic of Matthew behind the main altar by Edwin Blashfield. The cathedral is capped by an octagonal dome that extends 190 ft (58 m) above the nave and is capped by a cupola and crucifix that brings the total height to 200 ft (61 m). [ 7 ]
English: Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle - 1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC, USA. Principal architect: Christopher Grant LaFarge (1862-1938). Principal artist for mosaics and murals: Edwin H. Blashfield (1848-1936).
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Amiens Cathedral floorplan: massive piers support the west end towers; transepts are abbreviated; seven radiating chapels form the chevet reached from the ambulatory. In Western ecclesiastical architecture, a cathedral diagram is a floor plan showing the sections of walls and piers, giving an idea of the profiles of their columns and ribbing.
Bodley's churches include among many others, St. Michael's in Brighton (1859-61) an early work, Holy Trinity Knightsbridge, and in Cambridge the chapel for Queen's College. Abroad, his major work was Washington Cathedral. He was also responsible for a variety of church interior architecture - e.g. the nave and presbytery altar for York Minster.
It passed into the church architecture of the Roman world and was adapted in different ways as a feature of cathedral architecture. [11] The earliest large churches, such as the cathedral of St John Lateran in Rome, consisted of a single-ended basilica with one apsidal end and a courtyard, or atrium, at the other end.
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Salerno Cathedral (or duomo) is the main church in the city of Salerno in southern Italy and a major tourist attraction. It is dedicated to Saint Matthew , whose relics are inside the crypt. The Cathedral was built when the city was the capital of the Principality of Salerno , over a more ancient church ("Church of S. Maria degli Angeli and S ...