Metropolis features a range of elaborate special effects and set designs, ranging from a huge gothic cathedral to a futuristic cityscape.

In the 16th century, Poitiers impressed visitors because of its large size, and important features, including " royal courts, university, prolific printing shops, wealthy religious institutions, cathedral, numerous parishes, markets, impressive domestic architecture, extensive fortifications, and castle.

In 1548, rioting Huguenots damaged features of the cathedral, considering them idolatrous.

The Pechersky Ascension Monastery features the austere five-domed cathedral ( 1632 ) and two rare churches surmounted by tent roofs, dating from the 1640s.

* The cathedral features in Ken Follett's novel The Pillars of the Earth.

Worcester Cathedral embodies many features that are highly typical of an English medieval cathedral.

One of the unusual features of Chartres cathedral is the speed with which it was built – a factor which helped contribute to the consistency of its design.

In addition to the cathedral, notable features of the city include the 14th century Tower Gate, the Celtic Old Cross and a number of art galleries.

In 1762 one of the main features of the cathedral, the Madonnina's spire, was erected at the dizzying height of 108. 5 m. The spire was designed by Francesco Croce and sports at the top a famous polychrome Madonnina statue, designed by Giuseppe Perego that befits the original stature of the cathedral.

* Progressive-metal band Savatage's album Streets: A Rock Opera ( 1991 ) features a song called " St. Patrick's " during which the main character, DT Jesus, speaks to God in the cathedral demanding an explanation for his misfortunes.

The crypt of the Alexander Nevski cathedral features an exhibition of a large collection of medieval icons.

The Vysotsky Monastery features a cathedral and refectory dating from the late 16th century, as well as the allegedly miracle-working icon Inexhaustible Chalice.

Some genuine 12th-century architecture survives in the Convent of Saint Euphrosyne, which also features a neo-Byzantine cathedral, designed and built in 1893 — 1899 by Vladimir Korshikov.

On July 22, 1968, the 1906 cathedral was damaged in a fire, destroying many features including the rose window.

The cathedral contains architectural features and fittings some dating back hundreds of years, and tombs and monuments to bishops and noblemen.

The town's central plaza faces an old white cathedral that features a black Christ statue.

Overall, the cathedral features motifs meant to instill an ambience of physically dwelling in the biblical " Tree of Life.

The cathedral features a statue of the Wawel dragon and a plaque commemorating his defeat by Krakus, a Polish prince who, according to the plaque, founded the city and his palace over the slain dragon's lair.

Peter and Theuronia are displayed, features a fine cathedral ( 1642 – 1643 ), Kazan church ( 1652 ), a bell-tower ( 1652 ), a wooden church of St. Sergius, and stone walls.

When the altar was moved to the center of the cathedral in 1994, the east apse area was converted into a second choir area, which features another organ, called the Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy Millennium Organ, built by Manuel Rosales Organ Builders of Los Angeles, California ( Opus 30 ) and completed in 2000.

The arrangement features a brass fanfare with drums in addition to the cathedral organ and takes about seven and a half minutes to sing.

The cathedral features iconostasis, hegumen's throne and carved royal sarcophagus.

The cathedral features a nave of approximately 27 metres high, flanked by two lower aisles and 14 small side-chapels.

Several new bridges and churches were built, most prominently the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, in 1294.

Once the major centre of Portuguese settlement in the hinterland of southern Angola, it was built in a Portuguese style of architecture, with a cathedral, commerce hall, industrial hall, and a secondary school, and, like every Portuguese city or town in the mainland and the overseas territories, it would have the Portuguese town hall, the hospital and the typical CTT post office, besides banking ( most prominently the Banco Nacional Ultramarino-BNU ), insurance and other services as well.

Parts of the palace may be incorporated into the present structure of the cathedral, most prominently the great West Door, which tradition claims was the original main entrance to the royal palace.

However, a dome featured very prominently in Wren's grandest construction, St Paul's Cathedral, the only English cathedral in any permutation of the Classical tradition.

The chief churches of Montauban are the cathedral, remarkable only for the possession of the " Vow of Louis XIII ", one of the masterpieces of Ingres, and the church of St Jacques ( 14th and 15th centuries ), dedicated to Saint James of Compostela, the façade of which is surmounted by a handsome octagonal tower, the base of which is in Romanesque style, while the upper levels, built later, are in Gothic style.

The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the city's cathedral, as destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route originated in the 9th century.

To honour St. James, the cathedral was built on the spot where his remains were said to have been found.

The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 AD by a charter or papal bull from Pope Nicholas V, at the suggestion of King James II, giving Bishop William Turnbull permission to add the university to the city's cathedral.

The Very Reverend James Parks Morton, who became dean of the cathedral in 1972, fostered projects to enable it to become " a holy place for the whole city " and encouraged a revival in the construction of the Cathedral.

Also in 1170, Ferdinand created the military-religious Order of Santiago de Compostela, with the task to protect the pilgrim travelling to the tomb of the apostle James in the cathedral of Compostela.

Significant changes to the cathedral were made by the architect James Wyatt in 1790, including replacement of the original rood screen and demolition of the bell tower which stood about 320 feet ( 100 m ) north west of the main building.

Australian architectural historian John James, who made a detailed study of the cathedral, has estimated that there were about 300 men working on the site at any one time, although it has to be acknowledged that our knowledge of working practices at this time is somewhat limited.

Fletcher, Richard A., " St. James ' Catapult: The Life and Times of Diego Gelmirez ", Chapter 1 and passim: Galicia, online at http :// libro. uca. edu / sjc / sjc. htm which offers a historical and geographical background to the building of the cathedral in Compostela, and

In 1859 James Quinn was appointed Bishop of Brisbane, Brisbane becoming a diocese, and Pugin's small church became a cathedral.

The cathedral was constructed over the crypt of a former Visigothic chapel, dedicated to Saint James, which was the proprietary church of the Viscounts of Barcelona, one of whom, Mir Geribert, sold the site to Bishop Guislebert in 1058.

The cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is the destination of the Way of St. James, a major historical pilgrimage route since the Middle Ages which still gathers thousands of pilgrims each year from all over the world.

Lacking the resources to continue the struggle, James then became reconciled to his brother Peter, and in 1311 the former was succeeded by his son Sanç I, or Sancho I, who founded the cathedral of Perpignan shortly before his death in 1324.

James attended Mass services there with his Jacobite supporters for a time, however, the victory of the Protestant Williamites in this war meant that the cathedral was restored to Anglican ownership in 1690 when James abandoned Dublin after his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne.

* Fletcher, Richard A., " St. James ' Catapult: The Life and Times of Diego Gelmirez ", Chapter 1 and passim: * Galicia, online at a historical and geographical background to the building of the cathedral in Compostela

Image: Excavations on James Street, Montreal, for construction of Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral. jpg | Excavations on James Street during construction of the cathedral.

The new cathedral was designed by James Renwick, Jr. in the Gothic Revival style.

* a tabernacle and set of candlesticks which were used when the cathedral last operated ( for a very short time ) under the " Roman rite ", when the Roman Catholic king, James II, having fled England in 1690, came to Ireland to fight for his throne and attended High Mass in the temporary restoration of Christ Church as a Roman Catholic cathedral.

Returning to Scotland, he acted as tutor to the future King James I of Scotland, and finished the work of restoring the cathedral at St Andrews.

Most recently four new Masses — by Roxanna Panufnik, James MacMillan, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Judith Bingham — have received their first performance in the cathedral.