Durham Cathedral

Organ pipes along the walls of a cathedral with ornate engravings and archways

Durham Cathedral is a Norman Romanesque masterpiece constructed between 1093 and 1133 to house the shrine of St. Cuthbert, a revered Anglo-Saxon saint, and Venerable Bede, located within the Galilee Chapel. It is renowned as the largest and finest example of Norman architecture in England and is notable for being the oldest large-scale stone-vaulted building, which influenced the development of Gothic architecture.

The cathedral has been in continuous use for worship and pilgrimage for over 900 years and remains a central religious site as the seat of the Bishop of Durham. It is part of the Durham Castle and Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site, symbolizing both Norman power and religious significance. The cathedral is also famous for its spectacular setting on a rocky peninsula above the River Wear and its historical role as a monastic center and fortress in medieval England

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26 April 2025

Durham, County Durham

Durham Cathedral

A long cathedral hallway with pillars and curved stone archways

A tomb with a statue of a man lying sideways resting on top

A tomb under a black archway with insignias and a suspended chandelier overhead

Large stained glass windows intersecting at a corner of a cathedral

A shrine with a wall-mounted cross and two candles in front

Several stoned archways at the corner of a cathedral

A series of crested stone archways and stained glass windows on the left

A church tomb in between cathedral pillars with rows of church pews in front

A stained glass window with a statue of a man holding a book in the front

Organ pipes on the left of a cathedral wall and a hanging series of candles upon a chandelier

Three sets of organ pipes in a black engraved structure

A series of stained glass windows between pillars along a large stretch of cathedral wall

Church spires between hallways and a large circular stained glass window in the backdrop

Church choir pews adorned with red velvet lining and shaded lights overhead

Curved engravings along the walls of a mezzanine with light in the back left

Latin inscriptions fixed as bronze lettering upon a wooden plaque

An eagle structure fixed to a sermon altar point

A circular altar at the centre of a hallway and an eagle at the top

Tall organ pipes inside wooden structures to the right of a cathedral hallway

A tomb underneath an archway adorned with golden engravings and insignias

A large circular altar with prayer lights on the bottom left

A stained glass-window with a large ornate clock face in between crested stone archways

A series of stained glass windows with a crested hallway either side

A large stained glass window between two crested stone archways

A church tomb underneath a staircase with a series of chairs in front

A large stained glass window from the viewpoint of looking upwards

A series of chairs in front of a cathedral shine and the cross of Jesus

A gold shrine with stone steps on either side leading up

A large, long cathedral hallway with pillars and curved archways along both sides

Two stained glass windows joined at the intersect of a corner with light pouring in

The entrance to a shrine in a cathedral with the cross of Jesus at the top

A large stained glass window with a sculpture in front

A golden portrait suspended from a ceiling with church spires behind

A memorial wall with poppy wreaths dotted alongside the floor

Two lights in the ceiling rafters with stoned curved hallways

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