St. Andrews Cathedral description and photos - Great Britain: St. Andrews (Topic)

St. Andrews Cathedral description and photos - Great Britain: St. Andrews. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is St. Andrews Cathedral.

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St Andrew's Cathedral - the historic cathedral in St Andrews (St Andrews) From its founding in 1158 until the destruction during the Reformation, it was the seat of the Archbishop of Scotland, thanks to which the city of St. Andrews was considered the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland for many decades.

According to legend, the Greek monk Saint Regulus had a revelation that he should take the relics of Saint Andrew and sail with them "to the end of the world." His ship was wrecked near the town of Kilrimont on the east coast of Scotland. Subsequently, this settlement became known as St. Andrews (the city of St. Andrew).

To store the relics of St. Andrew, a Romanesque church was built, which then began to bear the name of St. Regulus. The church was small but with a very high tower - 33 meters. This tower has survived to this day. Soon the church became too small, and next to it the construction of a huge cathedral began. It began in 1158 and lasted for almost 100 years. Strong storms twice - in 1272 and 1279 - destroyed part of the almost finished cathedral. The cathedral was consecrated in 1318 in the presence of King Robert I the Bruce. During the Scottish Reformation and the War of the Three Kingdoms, the cathedral was ravaged. Starting from the end of the 16th century, the cathedral was destroyed and partially dismantled. Until the middle of the 19th century, nothing was done to preserve it. At the moment, three of the six towers have been partially preserved, two east and one west, and the remains of the nave, which suggest that the cathedral was the largest in Scotland. Its length reached 100 meters, and the towers were 30 meters high.

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