From their towering arches to their stained glass windows, these architectural marvels took centuries to complete.

They soar impossibly skyward, their spires pierce clouds, and their stained glass transforms sunlight into kaleidoscopes of color. Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest ...

Jenny Alexander has received funding from: Regional government of Galicia, Spain, to cover expenses for working on a historical survey of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, 2008-13, also from ...

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...

The Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, New York, is one of those American churches that makes visitors do a double take. Tucked on a side street near New York’s state Capitol, the sandstone cathedral ...

As I write this, the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is burning . Begun in 1160, completed a century later, the church survived the Reformation, the French Revolution and the Nazis. Now, its roof has ...

Chartres is among the oldest cathedrals in the world. Construction started from 1163 and finished in 1345. The great example of French Gothic architecture contains all the fundamentals of the design: ...

Flames and smoke rise from a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15. A massive fire ripped through the cathedral in central Paris, toppling the spire of the 850-year-old Gothic structure ...