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Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, [2] and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the mother church of the diocese of Lincoln .
English: Interior of the Cathedral, Lincoln An early instance of the arms of Edward III and his four elder sons appears on the tomb on Sir Bartholomew Burghersh, K.G., in Lincoln Cathedral, c. 1355.
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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 06:23, 8 February 2011: 640 × 480 (112 KB): GeographBot == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1=The Shrine of Saint Hugh, Lincoln Cathedral Hugh's primary emblem is a white swan, in reference to the story of the swan of Stowe which had a deep and lasting friendship for the saint, even guarding
The central tower of Lincoln Cathedral is the tallest medieval tower in Europe. Bishop Remigius built the first Cathedral on the present site. It took 20 years but the Cathedral was destroyed in a fire some 50 years later. Bishop Alexander rebuilt and expanded the cathedral only for it to be destroyed by an earthquake in 1185.
These include St Peter's Basilica, Notre-Dame de Paris, Cologne Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Antwerp Cathedral, Prague Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, the Basilica of Saint-Denis, Santa Maria Maggiore, the Basilica of San Vitale, St Mark's Basilica, Westminster Abbey, Saint Basil's Cathedral, Antoni Gaudí's incomplete Sagrada Família and the ...
Lincoln Cathedral had a chapter of secular canons, for whom the earliest polygonal chapter house was built.. The 26 cathedrals described in this article are those of Bristol, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Chichester, Durham, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, Manchester, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough, Ripon, Rochester, St. Alban's, Salisbury, Southwark, Southwell, Wells ...
Third biggest church in the world. Biggest place of worship in all the Americas. 19 St. Mary's Church: 38.5 m (126 ft) Lübeck: Germany: Highest brick vault in the world. 20 Reims Cathedral: 37.95 m (124.5 ft) [13] Reims: France: Holds the world record for statues: 2303 stone figurines are represented on it. 21 Cathedral of St. John the Divine