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I recall and Google confirmed that "Legend has it that while the Cathedral of Seville was being built, the church elders said, “Let us build a church so beautiful and so grand that those who see it finished will think we are mad.”
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Every Cathedral has it's own character and are each stunning in their own way, I'm not a religious man but Cathedrals stir up feelings i can't explain.
Yes. Cathedrals as well as many temples and mosques, are so awe-inspiring, even to people like myself who are not at all religious. I think the structures humans build to pay homage to their gods are typically among the most magnificient buildings ever created.
@@kristinac4771 INDEED, and He does it in such a sweet, gentle, unassuming, unbeguiling manner. Our Saviour much better desires it, in that fashion. It need not be in the manner of a "fire & brimstone" stick. It is the beauty of cathedrals--and nature--that provides the more desired "carrot".
@@kristinac4771Quit your bs, Kristina. What impresses people about cathedrals is the human ingenuity that made those cathedrals without modern technology, not your imaginary sky daddy nor a palestinian man nailed at the cross by the romans.
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Seville, Toledo, Burgos, Leon, Cordoba cathedrals just to name a few, are waiting to be in your list. New York cathedral is very simple and new to be in the list.
St Patrick's Cathedral in New York 'one of the 10 most impressive cathedrals in the world'? Are you crazy, in no way does it deserve to be in this list.
@@clnre La Catedral de San Patricio en N.york es impresionante y bella. Pero es moderna, Neogótica, no tiene el valor histórico y técnico de las edificaciones de 600 o 800 años.
Chartres was the first cathedral I ever visited when I was 10 years old. It made such an impression on me as a child that I have loved cathedrals ever since, despite not being a religious person in the slightest.
@@AndrewSinger-t7q That being the case doesn’t exclude me from being in awe of the human endeavour & achievement, irrespective of my belief that there is no God.
Wonderful presentation of some of the most spectacular cathedrals in the world. As you said, this only scratches the surface. Some others I would add are: St. Peter's in Rome, the Duomo di Napoli (more for the interior than the outside), the Duomo di Amalfi, and the Sienna Cathedral in Italy, York Minster, Westminster Abbey, and St. Paul's Cathedral in England, and the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City. Also, Hagia Sofia in Istanbul.
I have sung in Chartres Cathedral with our local choir. Not only is it a beautiful building, but the acoustics are marvellous. Well worth a visit if you're anywhere nearby.
The cathedral in Puebla, Mexico, is one of my most favorite. Exterior, it is all grey and black volcanic stone, and you would never expect the majesty and richness of the interior. The high altar is circular and surrounded by other altars. The richness of the amount of gold used is striking. It is adorned by wonderful oil paintings depicting the friars who worked there. The chandeliers are fantastic. Some of the religious articles, which I did not see, are apparently magnificent. There is a monstrance used at Benediction that is made of gold and inlaid with hundreds of emeralds .I never expected anything like this before I walked in but will never forget it. One of the richest buildings in the world.
@@johnmcglynn4102 wow it’s now on my bucket list, thanks for bringing Puebla to my attention mate. In return, I recommend you visit St Anthony’s Cathedral in Padova, you won’t regret it
Never looked into the Puebla Cathedral before. Have been looking at online photos. A grand structure! Mexico has given and continues to give the world some of the finest architects.
I'm completely agnostic but I love houses of worship all over the world. This includes cathedrals, mosques, synagogues and various temples. All command your attention and respect.
Great video, thanks👍 My favourite is St Anthony’s in Padova, so many important levels of history, and so beautiful inside. We also love Notre Dame de Lyon, it runs circles around the Parisian version
Recalling the ones I've visited, they rank in my mind like this: Duomo of Siena, St Vitus in Prague, Strasbourg, San Marco in Venice, Sta. Maria del Fiore in Florence, León, Notre Dame in Paris, Burgos, Sagrada Familia, Albi , La Seu in Mallorca, Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, San Pietro in Vaticano, Toledo, Málaga, St. Stephen in Vienna, York Minster, La Plata in Argentina, Orvieto, Orleans in France, Duomo of Amalfi. The one I'd like to visit: Chartres, Beauvais, Reims and Amiens in France. Congrats and greetings from Argentina
Io vi scrivo da Milano e la nostra Cattedrale dedicata anch’essa alla S. Vergine è stupenda. La Madonnina è sulla guglia più alta e protegge la nostra città. Le vetrate sono sublimi e ogni angolo sprigiona un incanto e uno stupore che ti lasciano estasiato .Ha 157 metri di lunghezza ed è una delle ppiù GRANDI Cattedrali cattoliche del mondo !!! Patrizia
What a wonderful video. One of my hobbies is architecture paper models, and I have 14 of the most famous churches in the world. Nearly all were featured in this video! The last 2 models I built, in 2020, were 2 versions of Sagrada Familia. The first was Chartres, the 2nd Notre Dame. Currently building Reims, one of the most difficult yet.
@@alanfournier3071But they included Sagrada Familia, not technically a cathedral. Also surprised to see Canterbury and St. Stephen’s, which are nice but not top 10.
I’ve seen many of these beautiful cathedrals after living in Europe and traveling extensively for 12 years. A few more of my favorite cathedrals are Bristol Cathedral and St. Paul’s in England. The Straßburg cathedral is also beautiful.
Absolutely magnificent . how can we rewrite History after such accomplishments? The skills of the architects and the strength of the working men of the time is amazing.
One just has to love the narration, and the writing of the narrative, of this Piece. Absolutely no arbitrary patronization, nor snarkiness, that you will find on way too many YT Channels. He speaks in the manner of a beloved teacher, or a beloved clergyman, to us. Admittedly, not everyone's favourite can be included in Pieces such as this, but what they are getting at, is that Cathedrals can come in many highly UNIQUE FLAVOURS, that one can't decide which tastes the best. And interiors so enormous with some of these, that could accommodate several Giant Sequoia trees (crowns, trunks, roots and all), perhaps even San Francisco's Episcopal/Anglican Grace Cathedral.
I visited most of them. In fact, I try to visit great cathedrals and churches wherever I go. For their architectural, artistic and historic value and significance. I am not religious. Chartres is my favorite. I can't explain it but, despite being an atheist, I feel a very need to revisit Chartres every couple of years. And I do.
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Rather more than something beautiful for God, Such amazing structures and art rather reflect the extraordinary magnificence of creation reflected by Man.
It truly is a magnificent building. If you enter Ely from the road from Soham you see it in all its glory. They have a flower festival every year, or they did pre Covid , really enhances the interior.
I have three favorites: Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. It's central octagonal lantern is unique and very beautiful. The ceiling of the entire nave is painted. St. John the Divine in New York City is an amazing, huge structure which will never be finished. Even so, it's magnificent and the organ first class. Third is Washington Cathedral, one of the largest (about 1/10 of a mile from west door to the high altar), built in English gothic style, narrow and very tall. Wrought iron work, stained glass, and wood carving is some of the best in the world. Their is a lovely Children's Chapel everything scaled for children and a tiny organ. There are three magnificent rose windows, up to 25,000+ pieces of glass. The organ, same organ maker as St. John the Divine, is first class and is currently in Connecticut for total refurbishing after 100 years.
Ely is amazing. Amongst other English cathedrals I'd rate very highly is Winchester, a lot of it's interior not just looks but actually feels particularly medieval.
This was spectacular. I bet you can easily do an alternative top 10. In NYC, I also think St John's Divine is quite impressive. There is an older St Patrick's Cathedral in Little Italy/Soho. And I am a big fan of Sir Christopher Wren, so that means St Paul's. But we need more of these!
I live in the pre-alpine area in Southern Germany most of the year, in a small town with a fantastic baroque cathedral, but in all the surrounding villages here, there are churches that one could label mini cathedrals, all beautiful and interesting. Visited an old Gothic cathedral in Meran, Italy two days ago. Love the Gothic as well as the Baroque architecture.
technically a problem like Sagrada Familia: St. Peter is not the "cathedral" of rome. the pope in his office as bishop of rome holds office in Lateran Basilica aka _OMNIVM VRBIS ET ORBIS ECCLESIARVM MATER ET CAPVT_ which claims its overall supremacy as "mother and head of all churches in the city and on earth"
Die Mesquita von Cordoba war ein großartiges Beispiel maurischer Baukunst, bevor die Herrscher von Kastilien und Aragon diese mit geraubtem Gold maßlos überladene Monstrosität einer Kathedrale mitten hinein bauten. Ein noch größerer Frevel als die Minarette an der Hagia Sophia, die dort auch nichts verloren haben.
Sevilles cathedral is pretty incredible, It is one of the largest churches in the world as well as the largest Gothic church. After its completion in the early 16th century, Seville Cathedral supplanted Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world, a title the Byzantine church had held for a thousand years. Christopher Columbus tomb is also there. And what about the magnificent Hagia Sophia in Istanbul?
Thank you for your comment! Seville cathedral is very impressive and is in my list for part 2.Hagia Sophia like I explain in the comments below is a mosque for almost 600 years.
@@VGTop10s Well, the Hagia Sophia had been also a museum for almost 100 years, until it became again mosque just a few years ago. But in any case, its still a church building. Weither or not it will operate as a church or not, it was built as a church, so it could easily be listed here, in a similar way st Basils cathedral in Moscow was also included despite tha fact that it is mostly used as museum.
I'd loved to see La Plata Cathedral in the city of its name, La Plata. This Cathedral is one of the largest gothic revival's churches ever built. Hope you can incorporate this wonderfull example in your next videos
I've been to Chartres, St. Patricks,The Duomo, Cantebury, Reims, and Cologne. I would argue that Salisbury ought to be on this list. Possibly, York Minster should be included too. I'm of two minds about Westminster. St Marks in Venice should be on this list too. St. Peters is a must. Avignon for historical significance. Santiago de Compostela. Those are some that come to mind.
I am fortunate enough to have been to a few of these - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Domkirche St Stephan, Duomo di Milano, La Sagrada Familia (still unfinished) and Kölner Dom. There are definitely many others who are worthy of mention like Lincoln Cathedral, St Paul's Cathedral (London), Notre Dame de Paris, Ulmer Münster, Cattedrale di Palermo, etc. If we remove technicality and consider also Basilicas, then Basilica San Pietro (Vatican), Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Rome), Basilica di San Marco (Venice) are also especially impressive.
LOVED the piece; sadly Hagia Sofia was not included, which now is technically a mosque, but like St. Basil's was originally a cathedral! and one of the greatest architectural masterpieces of the world. The Cathedral of St. John The Divine in NYC would be another interesting subject. Sincerely; Mike
During medieval times, all the materials needed to build a cathedaral could travel "tax free" across the borders of regional kingdoms. To identify those transports exeempt from duties, the latin writing "Ad Usum Fabricae" (= to be used by the construction site {of the cathedral}), often simplified in the initials "AUF", was written on the carriages. The construction used to go on for centuries, and for centuries the ordinary people (who did not understand latin) associated the meaningless (for them) expression AUF with "this does not pay". In Italy people started to pronunciate AUF with the simpler "a ufo". And then they used to say, for example, "do something a ufo" = do something without paying. Still today in italian we use to say "a ufo" when something that is supposed to cost is in fact, for some reason, free.
@@VGTop10sEl principal valor de las catedrales es la antigüedad de su edificación, por la gran dificultad en su realización y conservación. Y por la importancia de su patrimonio histórico religioso como el Camino de Santiago de la Catedral de Santiago. Es de las más antiguas en edificarse s.XI. No es lo mismo construir la Sagrada Familia , hoy. Con todos los adelantos técnicos.😊
My parents dragged me to most of these buildings when I was an army brat living in Frankfurt. I have to say I was most impressed by Milano’s cathedral. I would mention too that the church in Pisa very impressive and if you go to see the tower be sure to visit the church. I was in St. Patrick’s not long ago and it’s not on my list of great buildings.
St Sava's cathedral in Belgrade, cathedral in Bucharest,Agia Sofia in Constantinople, cathedral in Tbilisi, cathedral of the Christ Savior in Moscow, St Andrews cathedral in Patras,st Nicholas sea cathedral in Kronstadt...
same problem like Sagrada Familia, the _Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster_ is not the cathedral of London. that designation belongs to the other marvelous piece of architecture which is St. Paul's Cathedral
I am fortunate enough to have visited all ten of the cathedrals featured. I would say that Canterbury cathedral remains Catholic though it is presently occupied by Anglicans. It is surprising that St Peter's is not on the list. Westminster Abbey is also an extraordinary church and York Minster, Lincoln Cathedral, St Paul's (Rome), Strasburg, Salisbury and Notre Dame should be considered.
"VG", it's been awhile, since I've navigated back to this Channel of yours. Did I miss something, or might you eventually be including Anglican/Episcopal cathedrals into the mix? I can think of London's St. Paul & Westminster Abbey--and--The National Cathedral of the United States in Washington, D.C. & Grace Cathedral in San Francisco (for its pipe organ, alone). Even though, NOT, cathedrals, I imagine that there also may be some synagogues/temples in this world, that are as impressive edifices, as are cathedrals.
St. Patrick Cathedral's stained glass is Blenko Glass, as is the Washington Cathedral Washington D.C. Yale's Library & the Chapel at the Air Force Chapel is also Blenko. They provided a lot of glass to Europe's cathedrals after WWII.
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The correct meaning of ancient, in archaeological vernacular, usually before writing began, before 3500 BCE. But, these cathedrals are artistically splendid.
Durham. York. Ripon. Rievaulx . Exeter, Ely, Winchester, Salisbury . The Border abbeys, Fountains, even Guisborough . Truro! both Westminsters..... thats my lot.... Bukoba had interesting light 55 years ago.... is it still here?
it seems that the Basilica of Saint Denis north of Paris would need mentioning as the first example of Gothic architecture; no Notre Dame de Paris? hmmm! hon mentions for Amien and Strasbourg cathedrals and a shout out to Palma Majorca, Salisbury and Norwich cathedrals also - thanks for the video
Agia Sofia in Istanbul is the most iconic cathedral in the history of Christianity ....not only did it influence byzantine churches for almost 1000 years but most Islamic mosqs.around the world...
One of the lesser known cathedrals in the UK is Southwell Minister in Nottinghamshire. The main body of the Minster is Norman, with several latter additions. Its simplistic architecture gives it its grandure. Its location is a small town in Nottinghamshire, ment it mussed the ravages of the reformation.
Our Catholic Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado is a very much like a smaller version of Saint Patrick's in NYC. Striking architecture on a mostly commercial street.
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The cathedral in Sevilla, Spain, is absolutely marvelous. It's also a museum.
I recall and Google confirmed that "Legend has it that while the Cathedral of Seville was being built, the church elders said, “Let us build a church so beautiful and so grand that those who see it finished will think we are mad.”
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Every Cathedral has it's own character and are each stunning in their own way, I'm not a religious man but Cathedrals stir up feelings i can't explain.
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Yes. Cathedrals as well as many temples and mosques, are so awe-inspiring, even to people like myself who are not at all religious. I think the structures humans build to pay homage to their gods are typically among the most magnificient buildings ever created.
@@kristinac4771 INDEED, and He does it in such a sweet, gentle, unassuming, unbeguiling manner. Our Saviour much better desires it, in that fashion. It need not be in the manner of a "fire & brimstone" stick. It is the beauty of cathedrals--and nature--that provides the more desired "carrot".
@@kristinac4771Quit your bs, Kristina.
What impresses people about cathedrals is the human ingenuity that made those cathedrals without modern technology, not your imaginary sky daddy nor a palestinian man nailed at the cross by the romans.
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Seville, Toledo, Burgos, Leon, Cordoba cathedrals just to name a few, are waiting to be in your list. New York cathedral is very simple and new to be in the list.
I'm very impressed with Seville and Burgos.They will be included in the part 2.
Leon has the best stained glass of any cathedral. Of course Sant Chapelle has the best stained glass in the world but it is not a cathedral.
What list is this!!, New York cathedral...., Where are San Pietro, Seville, Toledo and many others in France, Spain, Italy...
@@patrikg2104 Many great cathedrals were omitted so they could put the unimpressive NY/USA Cathedral on the list. Did you understand?🤣
@@VGTop10s ...and the Cathedral in Hispanic America. Impressive exhibition and fascinating history.
St Patrick's Cathedral in New York 'one of the 10 most impressive cathedrals in the world'? Are you crazy, in no way does it deserve to be in this list.
As opposed to St. Peter’s…no way.
Omitting Siena and Hagia Sophia, San Marco in Venice etc. etc. - silly.
@@clnre La Catedral de San Patricio en N.york es impresionante y bella. Pero es moderna, Neogótica, no tiene el valor histórico y técnico de las edificaciones de 600 o 800 años.
Hey my parents got married there. Should mean something.
Between New York that is not impressive and Sagrada Familia that is not a cathedral, this is basically a top 8
The Duomo in Milan is the most visually stunning cathedral in my opinion.
Chartres was the first cathedral I ever visited when I was 10 years old. It made such an impression on me as a child that I have loved cathedrals ever since, despite not being a religious person in the slightest.
It was for The Glory of God! These buildings were built. No other reason.
@@AndrewSinger-t7q That being the case doesn’t exclude me from being in awe of the human endeavour & achievement, irrespective of my belief that there is no God.
To see them all in person would be a wonder. The Cathedral in Milan was astonishing as they all were.
I have always loved churches. Wanted to be a nun. They speak volumes of the peoples and their way of life.
Duomo in Milan is wonderful, as is the Sacre Couer ( sp?) in France.
Wonderful presentation of some of the most spectacular cathedrals in the world. As you said, this only scratches the surface. Some others I would add are: St. Peter's in Rome, the Duomo di Napoli (more for the interior than the outside), the Duomo di Amalfi, and the Sienna Cathedral in Italy, York Minster, Westminster Abbey, and St. Paul's Cathedral in England, and the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City. Also, Hagia Sofia in Istanbul.
I have sung in Chartres Cathedral with our local choir. Not only is it a beautiful building, but the acoustics are marvellous. Well worth a visit if you're anywhere nearby.
What a wonderful introduction to the world of cathedrals ! An inspiration for making a tour of many such master-pieces ! Thank you !
The cathedral in Puebla, Mexico, is one of my most favorite. Exterior, it is all grey and black volcanic stone, and you would never expect the majesty and richness of the interior. The high altar is circular and surrounded by other altars. The richness of the amount of gold used is striking. It is adorned by wonderful oil paintings depicting the friars who worked there. The chandeliers are fantastic. Some of the religious articles, which I did not see, are apparently magnificent. There is a monstrance used at Benediction that is made of gold and inlaid with hundreds of emeralds .I never expected anything like this before I walked in but will never forget it. One of the richest buildings in the world.
Thank you for sharing! I’ll look at the cathedral and maybe I will include it in part 2.
@@johnmcglynn4102 wow it’s now on my bucket list, thanks for bringing Puebla to my attention mate. In return, I recommend you visit St Anthony’s Cathedral in Padova, you won’t regret it
Never looked into the Puebla Cathedral before. Have been looking at online photos. A grand structure! Mexico has given and continues to give the world some of the finest architects.
I'm completely agnostic but I love houses of worship all over the world. This includes cathedrals, mosques, synagogues and various temples. All command your attention and respect.
Thank you!
I love the Structures but don't care for the VooDoo that goes on inside!
Great video, thanks👍
My favourite is St Anthony’s in Padova, so many important levels of history, and so beautiful inside. We also love Notre Dame de Lyon, it runs circles around the Parisian version
But the Paris one had that movie!
Recalling the ones I've visited, they rank in my mind like this: Duomo of Siena, St Vitus in Prague, Strasbourg, San Marco in Venice, Sta. Maria del Fiore in Florence, León, Notre Dame in Paris, Burgos, Sagrada Familia, Albi , La Seu in Mallorca, Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, San Pietro in Vaticano, Toledo, Málaga, St. Stephen in Vienna, York Minster, La Plata in Argentina, Orvieto, Orleans in France, Duomo of Amalfi. The one I'd like to visit: Chartres, Beauvais, Reims and Amiens in France. Congrats and greetings from Argentina
I recomande you Rouen, lt’s verry impressive and the medieval city is wonderful
Having visited several of these cathedrals I would enjoy seeing more.Very moving experience.
Io vi scrivo da Milano e la nostra Cattedrale dedicata anch’essa alla S. Vergine è stupenda. La Madonnina è sulla guglia più alta e protegge la nostra città. Le vetrate sono sublimi e ogni angolo sprigiona un incanto e uno stupore che ti lasciano estasiato .Ha 157 metri di lunghezza ed è una delle ppiù GRANDI Cattedrali cattoliche del mondo !!! Patrizia
What a wonderful video. One of my hobbies is architecture paper models, and I have 14 of the most famous churches in the world. Nearly all were featured in this video! The last 2 models I built, in 2020, were 2 versions of Sagrada Familia. The first was Chartres, the 2nd Notre Dame. Currently building Reims, one of the most difficult yet.
Shocked St Peters not in this presentation. I’m no Roman church advocate, but definitely should be in top 10.
St Peters is a basilica, not a cathedral. As Bishop of Rome, the pope has a separate Cathedral in Rome, whose name escapes me right now.
@@alanfournier3071is it St John the Lateran ?
@@sebastianhall6554 Sounds right.
A matter of semantics. St. Peters totally awesome.
@@alanfournier3071But they included Sagrada Familia, not technically a cathedral. Also surprised to see Canterbury and St. Stephen’s, which are nice but not top 10.
I’ve seen many of these beautiful cathedrals after living in Europe and traveling extensively for 12 years. A few more of my favorite cathedrals are Bristol Cathedral and St. Paul’s in England. The Straßburg cathedral is also beautiful.
Yes, Strasbourg is indeed beautiful. Had the privilege of playing the organ there.
Absolutely magnificent . how can we rewrite History after such accomplishments?
The skills of the architects and the strength of the working men of the time is amazing.
One just has to love the narration, and the writing of the narrative, of this Piece. Absolutely no arbitrary patronization, nor snarkiness, that you will find on way too many YT Channels. He speaks in the manner of a beloved teacher, or a beloved clergyman, to us.
Admittedly, not everyone's favourite can be included in Pieces such as this, but what they are getting at, is that Cathedrals can come in many highly UNIQUE FLAVOURS, that one can't decide which tastes the best.
And interiors so enormous with some of these, that could accommodate several Giant Sequoia trees (crowns, trunks, roots and all), perhaps even San Francisco's Episcopal/Anglican Grace Cathedral.
I visited most of them. In fact, I try to visit great cathedrals and churches wherever I go. For their architectural, artistic and historic value and significance. I am not religious.
Chartres is my favorite. I can't explain it but, despite being an atheist, I feel a very need to revisit Chartres every couple of years. And I do.
I have seen 9 out of the 10. They are all amazing and represent the history of people,. culture, religion and thought.
I think that most cathedrals were built by Catholics long before the reformation. Protestantism wasn’t much for papist decor.
Siena Cathedral is a Italian masterpiece
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Extraordinary! Thank you!
Thanks for the clear English pronunciation! I visited six of these, four to go. More of my favourites are Burgos, Córdoba (more a mosque) and Amiens.
Rather more than something beautiful for God, Such amazing structures and art rather reflect the extraordinary magnificence of creation reflected by Man.
Ely is the most stunning, a medieval cathedral know for its Octogen tower. No one worked out how it was built until the late 20C
It truly is a magnificent building. If you enter Ely from the road from Soham you see it in all its glory. They have a flower festival every year, or they did pre Covid , really enhances the interior.
Very nice video that I love ! Thank you for sharing . Happy week to you !
Thank you! I'm really glad you loved the video. Have an amazing week!
I LOVE your video, but I miss many other fantastic cathedrals. Notre Dame in Paris and in Spain Sevilla, Toledo, Burgos,León,allí of them marvelous.
Thank you! All of the cathedrals you mentioned are also very impressive.
good video. St. Louis has a beautiful cathedral
I have three favorites: Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. It's central octagonal lantern is unique and very beautiful. The ceiling of the entire nave is painted. St. John the Divine in New York City is an amazing, huge structure which will never be finished. Even so, it's magnificent and the organ first class. Third is Washington Cathedral, one of the largest (about 1/10 of a mile from west door to the high altar), built in English gothic style, narrow and very tall. Wrought iron work, stained glass, and wood carving is some of the best in the world. Their is a lovely Children's Chapel everything scaled for children and a tiny organ. There are three magnificent rose windows, up to 25,000+ pieces of glass. The organ, same organ maker as St. John the Divine, is first class and is currently in Connecticut for total refurbishing after 100 years.
Ely is amazing. Amongst other English cathedrals I'd rate very highly is Winchester, a lot of it's interior not just looks but actually feels particularly medieval.
This was spectacular. I bet you can easily do an alternative top 10. In NYC, I also think St John's Divine is quite impressive. There is an older St Patrick's Cathedral in Little Italy/Soho. And I am a big fan of Sir Christopher Wren, so that means St Paul's. But we need more of these!
I've seen them all except Canterbury 🤩
Although I am not a religious person, I very much appreciate the devotion, beauty ans greatness.
I live in the pre-alpine area in Southern Germany most of the year, in a small town with a fantastic baroque cathedral, but in all the surrounding villages here, there are churches that one could label mini cathedrals, all beautiful and interesting. Visited an old Gothic cathedral in Meran, Italy two days ago. Love the Gothic as well as the Baroque architecture.
Durham Cathedral have to be included too. Anyway, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, of course, is essential to be placed there as well.
technically a problem like Sagrada Familia: St. Peter is not the "cathedral" of rome.
the pope in his office as bishop of rome holds office in Lateran Basilica aka _OMNIVM VRBIS ET ORBIS ECCLESIARVM MATER ET CAPVT_
which claims its overall supremacy as "mother and head of all churches in the city and on earth"
Have not seen the St Basil, all the others I have visited. Surprised not to see the Mesquita cathedral of Cordoba my favorite!
Die Mesquita von Cordoba war ein großartiges Beispiel maurischer Baukunst, bevor die Herrscher von Kastilien und Aragon diese mit geraubtem Gold maßlos überladene Monstrosität einer Kathedrale mitten hinein bauten.
Ein noch größerer Frevel als die Minarette an der Hagia Sophia, die dort auch nichts verloren haben.
Sevilles cathedral is pretty incredible, It is one of the largest churches in the world as well as the largest Gothic church. After its completion in the early 16th century, Seville Cathedral supplanted Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world, a title the Byzantine church had held for a thousand years. Christopher Columbus tomb is also there. And what about the magnificent Hagia Sophia in Istanbul?
Thank you for your comment! Seville cathedral is very impressive and is in my list for part 2.Hagia Sophia like I explain in the comments below is a mosque for almost 600 years.
@@VGTop10s Well, the Hagia Sophia had been also a museum for almost 100 years, until it became again mosque just a few years ago.
But in any case, its still a church building. Weither or not it will operate as a church or not, it was built as a church, so it could easily be listed here, in a similar way st Basils cathedral in Moscow was also included despite tha fact that it is mostly used as museum.
Spanish architecture is a treasure. Like your ancient castles as well.
Ely,Canterbury and St Sophie in Istanbul are 3 of my favourites
I'd loved to see La Plata Cathedral in the city of its name, La Plata. This Cathedral is one of the largest gothic revival's churches ever built. Hope you can incorporate this wonderfull example in your next videos
Albi's Cathedral is wonderful
I've been to Chartres, St. Patricks,The Duomo, Cantebury, Reims, and Cologne. I would argue that Salisbury ought to be on this list. Possibly, York Minster should be included too. I'm of two minds about Westminster. St Marks in Venice should be on this list too. St. Peters is a must. Avignon for historical significance. Santiago de Compostela.
Those are some that come to mind.
Notre Dame in Paris, and Montreal. Seville? The Vatican? So many missing. Malaga?
St Vitus, Prague, St. John Hertogenbosch?
I agree, although St Peter's at the Vatican is not a Cathedral, that would be St John Lateran.
Basilic =/ Cathedral
@@crnscrnscrns8740 Basilica!
St Pauls in London, is my favorite Cathedral!
I am fortunate enough to have been to a few of these - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Domkirche St Stephan, Duomo di Milano, La Sagrada Familia (still unfinished) and Kölner Dom. There are definitely many others who are worthy of mention like Lincoln Cathedral, St Paul's Cathedral (London), Notre Dame de Paris, Ulmer Münster, Cattedrale di Palermo, etc. If we remove technicality and consider also Basilicas, then Basilica San Pietro (Vatican), Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Rome), Basilica di San Marco (Venice) are also especially impressive.
St. Peter's Basilica & the Sistine Chapel are 1 & 2 for obvious reasons.
St. Cecilia in Albi, a fortress cathedral, looks like something from 'Dune'.
Strasbourg Cathedral looks like a spacecraft from 'Metropolis'.
I've twice visited Strasbourg Cathedral and both times I thought it felt darkly oppressive.
Alibi’s cathedral is so special and so big and so beautiful 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
....Wonderful. Video..💓
Thank you for this beautiful video
I just regret that Strasbourg Cathedral is not in your top 10
Burgos, León , Toledo
LOVED the piece; sadly Hagia Sofia was not included, which now is technically a mosque, but like St. Basil's was originally a cathedral! and one of the greatest architectural masterpieces of the world. The Cathedral of St. John The Divine in NYC would be another interesting subject.
Sincerely;
Mike
Thank you,Mike!
Probably the most impressive structures build by humankind.
During medieval times, all the materials needed to build a cathedaral could travel "tax free" across the borders of regional kingdoms. To identify those transports exeempt from duties, the latin writing "Ad Usum Fabricae" (= to be used by the construction site {of the cathedral}), often simplified in the initials "AUF", was written on the carriages.
The construction used to go on for centuries, and for centuries the ordinary people (who did not understand latin) associated the meaningless (for them) expression AUF with "this does not pay". In Italy people started to pronunciate AUF with the simpler "a ufo". And then they used to say, for example, "do something a ufo" = do something without paying.
Still today in italian we use to say "a ufo" when something that is supposed to cost is in fact, for some reason, free.
Y donde estan lascatedrales de Santiago, Leon o Burgos, en España ?.
La sagrada. Familia y la de San Patricio son edificaciobes modernas.
I can't include more than 1-2 cathedrals from country in a top 10 video,but i'll research some of cathedrals you mentioned for part 2.
@@VGTop10sEl principal valor de las catedrales es la antigüedad de su edificación, por la gran dificultad en su realización y conservación.
Y por la importancia de su patrimonio histórico religioso como el Camino de Santiago de la Catedral de Santiago. Es de las más antiguas en edificarse s.XI.
No es lo mismo construir la Sagrada Familia , hoy. Con todos los adelantos técnicos.😊
The Seville cathedral and the Burgo's cathedral are very impresive.
🎬burgos carhwdral in Spain in jaw-dropping beautiful!
Agreed.
My parents dragged me to most of these buildings when I was an army brat living in Frankfurt. I have to say I was most impressed by Milano’s cathedral. I would mention too that the church in Pisa very impressive and if you go to see the tower be sure to visit the church. I was in St. Patrick’s not long ago and it’s not on my list of great buildings.
great video
Thank you!
Salisbury and Windsor!
Thank you!❤️💟✝️🇨🇦🙏🏾
Sagrada Familia de Barcelona!
Strangely, Hagia Sophia was missed. It is definitely one of the most influential and historically important Christan chirches in the world.
For many many centuries the biggest curch and domein the world....
St Sava's cathedral in Belgrade, cathedral in Bucharest,Agia Sofia in Constantinople, cathedral in Tbilisi, cathedral of the Christ Savior in Moscow, St Andrews cathedral in Patras,st Nicholas sea cathedral in Kronstadt...
The dome of Speyer is the most impressive church in Romanic style. And also spectacular is the former synagogue and now film museum in Torino.
Cathedral De Santa Ana in Santa Ana in El Salvador Central America is a very old beautiful Cathedral.❤❤❤❤
A remarkable cathedral is the one in Malaga, Spain. Also, Westminster Abbey in London.
same problem like Sagrada Familia, the _Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster_ is not the cathedral of London. that designation belongs to the other marvelous piece of architecture which is St. Paul's Cathedral
I've been to 2 of them. Please put Seville cathedral in your next video.
The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Spain, is the most impressive and original in the world.
I am fortunate enough to have visited all ten of the cathedrals featured. I would say that Canterbury cathedral remains Catholic though it is presently occupied by Anglicans. It is surprising that St Peter's is not on the list. Westminster Abbey is also an extraordinary church and York Minster, Lincoln Cathedral, St Paul's (Rome), Strasburg, Salisbury and Notre Dame should be considered.
"VG", it's been awhile, since I've navigated back to this Channel of yours. Did I miss something, or might you eventually be including Anglican/Episcopal cathedrals into the mix? I can think of London's St. Paul & Westminster Abbey--and--The National Cathedral of the United States in Washington, D.C. & Grace Cathedral in San Francisco (for its pipe organ, alone).
Even though, NOT, cathedrals, I imagine that there also may be some synagogues/temples in this world, that are as impressive edifices, as are cathedrals.
St.Paul is included in Part 3 of the series.
Maybe next year I will try a full episode about mosques,synagogues or temples.
St. Patrick Cathedral's stained glass is Blenko Glass, as is the Washington Cathedral Washington D.C. Yale's Library & the Chapel at the Air Force Chapel is also Blenko. They provided a lot of glass to Europe's cathedrals after WWII.
Kyiv Orthodox St Sophia’s Cathedral finished in 1137 is on of the oldest and beautiful churches in Europe .
It strikes by the 6 metres’ image of the Virgin painted on the inner side of the dome, and lots of golden carvings inside
The numerous frescos tell about the might of those times’ country
It is tall with a nice ensemble of bells producing charming sounds❤️🇺🇦
The Hallgrimskirja Cathedral in Reykjavik, Iceland is an awe inspiring feat of architecture.
Watch 10 most impressive churches in the world.
It is too beautiful and educative video Sir
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Catedral-Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Zaragoza was very impressive
My fovourite is The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto
The Duomo Milan is without equal .
And has been called, "the marble hedgehog," or a cathedral disguised as a porcupine!
The correct meaning of ancient, in archaeological vernacular, usually before writing began, before 3500 BCE. But, these cathedrals are artistically splendid.
You might wish to visit St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta Malta.
The unimpressive NY cathedral only made it into the video for the US to be on the list 🤣
Точно. Без США автору нельзя
“Unimpressive” is just your opinion. Many of us are impressed by NYC’s St Patrick’s.
Milan🎉
Remember Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
Awesome list, only two I would add are the Palermo Cathedral and the Mexican City Metropolitan Cathedral
thank you FABULOUS MARVELOUS INVIGORING AND A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE TO ADMIRE SUCH BEAUTIES
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
I love the Fourviere in Lion
I have seen five of the ten! But there are many other beautiful ones not listed, such as Saint Chappelle in Paris, which is one of my favorites.
Durham. York. Ripon. Rievaulx . Exeter, Ely, Winchester, Salisbury . The Border abbeys, Fountains, even Guisborough . Truro! both Westminsters..... thats my lot.... Bukoba had interesting light 55 years ago.... is it still here?
it seems that the Basilica of Saint Denis north of Paris would need mentioning as the first example of Gothic architecture; no Notre Dame de Paris? hmmm! hon mentions for Amien and Strasbourg cathedrals and a shout out to Palma Majorca, Salisbury and Norwich cathedrals also - thanks for the video
I appreciate including St Stephens, I was confirmed there in 1966.
Agia Sofia in Istanbul is the most iconic cathedral in the history of Christianity ....not only did it influence byzantine churches for almost 1000 years but most Islamic mosqs.around the world...
One of the lesser known cathedrals in the UK is Southwell Minister in Nottinghamshire.
The main body of the Minster is Norman, with several latter additions. Its simplistic architecture gives it its grandure. Its location is a small town in Nottinghamshire, ment it mussed the ravages of the reformation.
Most beautiful:
#1: St. Stephen's Basilica (not a cathedral) - Budapest, Hungary
#2: Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar - Zaragoza, Spain
Our Catholic Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado is a very much like a smaller version of Saint Patrick's in NYC. Striking architecture on a mostly commercial street.
6.22 Lincoln Cathedral, mixed in with Canterbury.