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DURHAM Chapel of the Holy Cross Prior's Hall Chapter House CATHEDRAL Education Centre FIRST FLOOR Collections Gallery Sharp Library B arker Reading Room Monks' Dormitory Bede's Tomb Galilee Chapel wc Great Kitchen Entrance/ Exit Café Refectory Library Cloister Garth
Durham Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, [2] is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Durham, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Durham and is the mother church of the diocese of Durham .
Durham Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Durham, England. Overview Map
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Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries to house the relics of St Cuthbert (evangelizer of Northumbria) and the Venerable Bede. It attests to the importance of the early Benedictine ...
Durham Cathedral is one measure of the swift and profound transformation brought about by the Norman Conquest in England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries: not only a new art and architectural style—what is variously referred to as Anglo-Norman or English Romanesque—but an unprecedented and almost military-industrial mode of construction.
Durham was among the first medieval monasteries in England to display such amazing decorative details. The cathedral is home to many examples of Romanesque architecture, a medieval design, brought over to England from France by the Normans.
