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The Gothic style first appeared in France in the mid-12th century in an Abbey, St Denis Basilica, built by Abbot Suger (1081–1151). The old Basilica was the traditional burial place of Saint Denis, and of the Kings of France, and was also a very popular pilgrimage destination, so much so that pilgrims were sometimes crushed by the crowds.
The Temple of Solomon is depicted as a Gothic building under construction. Miniature from an illuminated manuscript of Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews (c. 93/4 AD) made for John, Duke of Berry. The construction of Gothic cathedrals was an ambitious, expensive, and technically demanding aspect of life in the Late Middle Ages.
This is a list of cathedrals in the United States, including both actual cathedrals (seats of bishops in episcopal Christian groups, such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and the Armenian Apostolic Church) and a few prominent churches from non-episcopal denominations that have the word "cathedral" in their names.
Cathedrals are not always large buildings and there are no prerequisites in size, height, or capacity for cathedrals to serve as such beyond those required to be a typical church. A cathedral might be as small as the historic Newport Cathedral, a late medieval parish church declared a cathedral in 1949. That said, size, height, capacity, and ...
This is a list of churches that are U.S. National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in the United States. This list does not include chapels that are not or have not historically been affiliated with congregations or churches.
[24] [31] It is the largest Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral in North America, [204] as well as the first major Gothic Revival cathedral in the United States. [32] St. Patrick's Cathedral was described by CNN in 2020 as being an "essential part of New York City's architectural heritage". [205]
Major examples of Gothic cathedrals in the U.S. include the cathedrals of St. John the Divine and St. Patrick in New York City and the Washington National Cathedral on Mount St. Alban in northwest Washington, D.C. One of the biggest churches in Gothic Revival style in Canada is the Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate in Guelph, Ontario. [41]
Some of these churches are located in areas that were part of the original Thirteen Colonies that made up the United States in 1776. Others were built in states that were later annexed, such as Louisiana and New Mexico. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier. To be listed here a site must: