* St. Nicholas Cathedral-a monumental 13th century Gothic church ( cathedral only from 1992, before it was a parochial church ), damaged by fire in the late 18th century, then destroyed in World War II and reconstructed

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 cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice was the first Gothic church building in Germany.

* Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ( Gothic style Catholic cathedral, construction began in 1853, its spire rises to )

* 1255 – The Gothic cathedral Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges at Bourges, France, is completed.

The largest and most important example of Gothic architecture in Italy, Milan's Cathedral, is the fourth largest in the world after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Cathedral of Seville and a new cathedral in Côte d ' Ivoire.

In the center, just beyond the crossing, is the large, raised High Altar, behind which is a wrought iron enclosure containing the Gothic style tomb of the man who originally conceived and founded the cathedral, The Right Reverend Horatio Potter, D. D., LL. D., D. C. L., Bishop of New York.

* The Gothic cathedral at Bourges, France, is completed.

New work on the present Gothic cathedral of Rouen was begun, in the nave, transept, choir, and the lowest section of the lantern tower.

Ingeborg Hoesterey described the architecture featured in Metropolis as eclectic, writing how its locales represent both “ functionalist modernism art deco ” whilst also featuring “ the scientist ’ s archaic little house with its high-powered laboratory, the catacombs the Gothic cathedral ”.

Parts of the Gothic cathedral ( Notre-Dame de Chartres ).

The structure of a typical Gothic cathedral.

The Gothic cathedral represented the universe in microcosm and each architectural concept, including the loftiness and huge dimensions of the structure, were intended to convey a theological message: the great glory of God.

Next to the palace is the late Gothic Saint John cathedral ( 1665 ) with picturesque frescos.

Designer Jacques-Germain Soufflot had the intention of combining the lightness and brightness of the gothic cathedral with classical principles, but its role as a mausoleum required the great Gothic windows to be blocked.

Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the most well-known churches ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris ; that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra ( official chair ) of the Archbishop of Paris, currently André Vingt-Trois.

The Segovia Cathedral is the last Gothic cathedral built in Spain.

Because the cathedral was built in only 38 years, Salisbury Cathedral has a single consistent architectural style, Early English Gothic.

York Minster is the second largest Gothic cathedral of Northern Europe and clearly charts the development of English Gothic architecture from Early English through to the Perpendicular Period.

Even before the Gothic cathedral was built, Chartres was a place of pilgrimage, albeit on a much smaller scale.

* The 13th century cathedral ( San Francesco, best known as Tempio Malatestiano ) was originally in Gothic style, but was transformed by order of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta according to the designs of Leon Battista Alberti and never completed.

The Romanesque cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1131, but soon replaced by the present cathedral, Notre-Dame de Noyon, constructed between 1145 and 1235, one of the earliest examples of Gothic architecture in France.

As with many of the buildings in Gothic novels, the abbey also has a series of tunnels.

* 1136: Suger begins rebuilding the abbey church at St Denis north of Paris, which is regarded as the first major Gothic building.

The abbey became the coronation site of Norman kings, but none were buried there until Henry III, intensely devoted to the cult of the Confessor, rebuilt the abbey in Anglo-French Gothic style as a shrine to venerate King Edward the Confessor and as a suitably regal setting for Henry's own tomb, under the highest Gothic nave in England.

Henry Nicholson, rector from 1835 to 1866, was also active in repairing the abbey church — as far as he could, and in uncovering lost or neglected Gothic features.

The Romanesque abbey church, dedicated in 1232, was replaced by a high Gothic church after the fire of 1291, the construction of which probably began in 1295, with the remaining parts of the Romanesque church being incorporated into the new building.

* the ruins of the abbey barn ( Klosterscheune ) in Althof, a Gothic site with a row of ogival arcades

He left his abbey, which possessed considerable property, enriched and embellished by the construction of a new church built in the nascent Gothic style.

Bury St Edmunds has a Gothic Revival cathedral and a large parish church, and used to have an abbey.

The various elements of Gothic architecture emerged in a number of 11th and 12th century building projects, particularly in the Île de France area, but were first combined to form what we would now recognise as a distinctively Gothic style at the 12th century abbey church of Saint-Denis in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

The later abbey from the 13th / 14th centuries was built in Early Gothic style.

In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church.

Nor was he the only one ; in 1795 Richard Warner wrote a potboiler entitled Netley Abbey, a Gothic Story in two volumes, featuring skullduggery at the abbey during the middle ages.

This became a standard feature of later Romanesque and Gothic large abbey and cathedral churches.

In Romanesque, Byzantine and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral and church architecture, the term is applied to a semi-circular or polygonal termination of the main building at the liturgical east end ( where the altar is ), regardless of the shape of the roof, which may be flat, sloping, domed, or hemispherical.

The Imperial abbey also prospered and in the 15th century completely rebuilt its premises, which remain as a significant example of late Gothic architecture in the region.

* Augustinian Church ( Gothic, 13th century ), with former abbey.

Most of the latter were later partially or wholly rebuilt in Gothic style, and although many still preserve substantial Romanesque portions, only Durham Cathedral remains a predominantly Romanesque structure ( along with St Alban's and Southwell, abbey churches in the medieval period ).

* complex of former Franciscan abbey ( 1257 ), with a Gothic church of St. Stanislaus,

The abbey is built in the form of St. John's cross, of the Gothic style of architecture, and is in length ; the breadth 137-1 / 2 feet ; and in circumference.

In 1486 the abbey was reconstructed under King Matthias in the Gothic style.