Rating: 8,5/10 (202 votes) Liverpool Anglican Cathedral is a cathedral commonly referred to simply as Liverpool Cathedral or Christ Cathedral in Liverpool.
The building of the cathedral was built in 1904-1970. according to the design of Giles Gilbert Scott in the neo-Gothic style. The construction of the cathedral began in 1904, but was completed only in the 70s.
The cathedral is 188 meters long, the nave is 36.5 meters high, and the choir is 35.3 meters. The cathedral tower, 101 meters high, rises in the very center of the building. Liverpool Cathedral is the largest in the UK and the fifth largest in the world, covering an area of 9687 sq. m. It is believed that Liverpool Cathedral is also the largest Anglican cathedral in the world, but this title is disputed by the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, United States of America. The bell of Liverpool Cathedral weighs about 31 tons and is the largest in the world.
The cathedral, in addition to the already mentioned, is unique in that in 2009 a group of bell ringers performed John Lennon's composition"Imagine" on the cathedral bells.
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