File: Cathedrale-erevan003. jpg | Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan, ( finished in 2001 ) contains the remains of St Gregory

There are cups claimed to be the Grail in several churches, for instance the Saint Mary of Valencia Cathedral, which contains an artifact, the Holy Chalice, supposedly taken by Saint Peter to Rome in the 1st century, and then to Huesca in Spain by Saint Lawrence in the 3rd century.

The city contains a picturesque Medieval and Renaissance historic centre, with ancient buildings such as Trento Cathedral and the Castello del Buonconsiglio.

Hereford Cathedral dates from 1079 and contains the Mappa Mundi, a medieval map of the world dating from the 13th century which was restored in the late 20th century.

The view from the lower ( western ) end of the Valley contains the great granite monolith El Capitan on the left, and Cathedral Rocks then the pointed obelisk of Sentinel Rock to the south.

A fragment of a Gospel Book, now in the Durham Cathedral library and created in northern Britain in the 7th century, contains the earliest example of true knotted designs in the Celtic manner.

Edward requested to be buried in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral rather than next to the shrine, and a chapel was prepared there as a chantry for him and his wife Joan ( this is now the French Protestant Chapel, and contains ceiling bosses of her face and of their coats of arms ).

The Cathedral contains the tomb of King John in its chancel.

The MCI Great Hall, described as " a Cathedral to the icons of Hockey ", contains portraits and biographical information about every Hall of Fame honoured member.

Middle Island also contains the headwaters of the Carmans River, which originally began at Pfeiffer's Pond on the northeast corner of NY 25 and Old Middle Island Road, but now begins within Cathedral Pines County Park.

The most noteworthy part of the Cathedral is its crypt, which contains the tomb of Saint Magnus of Anagni, the patron saint of Anagni, and Saint Secundina of Anagni.

The Cathedral contains the so called Dunsany Chapel which is the spiritual home of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem.

English Gothic architecture flourished from the 12th to the early 16th century, and famous examples include Westminster Abbey, the traditional place of coronation for the British monarch, which also has a long tradition as a venue for royal weddings ); Canterbury Cathedral, one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England ; Salisbury Cathedral, which has the tallest church spire in the UK ; and Winchester Cathedral, which contains the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe.

The large Russian Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Cathedral is one of the largest buildings in the neighborhood and contains the remains and relics of John of Shanghai and San Francisco.

Old Goa contains churches affiliated to various congregations, including the Se Cathedral ( the seat of the Archbishop of Goa ), the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, the Church of S. Caetano, and notably, the Basilica of Bom Jesus which contains the relics of Saint Francis Xavier, which is celebrated every year on 3 December with novenas beginning on 24 November.

Romanesque in structure, but with a mixture of Romanesque and Gothic styles, it is rather hidden away but, contains a façade with the Door of Paradise in imitation of the Door of Glory of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

The village of Shoksha near Petrozavodsk contains a quarry of red and pink quartzite which was used in construction of Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Lenin Mausoleum, among many other notable structures.

The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium, contains two examples by Rubens, and Notre Dame de Paris is another example of the use of triptych in architecture.

Chichester Cathedral, founded in the 11th century, is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and contains a shrine to Saint Richard of Chichester.

Due to the very favourable reception of this work, Hobbs was commissioned for further mosaics: the chapel to Saint Joseph which contains mosaics of the Holy Family ( 2003 ) and men working on Westminster Cathedral ( 2006 ).

Its-tall spire makes it ( briefly, and by 5m ) the world's tallest building ( a title held since 1647 by Strasbourg Cathedral ).

It remained the world's largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years thereafter, until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520.

Later phases of the conversion were by local architect Robert Rippon Duke including his design for what was the world's largest unsupported dome with a diameter of 44 m ( 144. 356 ft ), beating the Pantheon () and St Peter's Basilica 42 m ( 137. 794 ft ) in Rome, and St Paul's Cathedral ().

The Cathedral boasts what is probably the world's only sculpture of Darth Vader on a religious building.

* Sedimentary: Many of the world's most famous buildings have been built of sedimentary stone, from Durham Cathedral to St Peter's in Rome.

The town has the world's largest bell foundry — John Taylor Bellfounders, which made the bells for the Carillon war memorial, a landmark within the Queens Park in the town, Great Paul for St. Paul's Cathedral, and York Minster.

* St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown, one of the world's tallest freestanding wooden structures

* Graham Sutherland, painter and printmaker, especially for his contribution to Coventry through the creation of the world-famous tapestry ( formerly the world's largest ), which hangs in the Cathedral.

The broken slab alone is nearly three times larger than the world's largest bell hung for full circle ringing, the tenor bell at Liverpool Cathedral.

The line went up Rattray Street, with the world's first pull curve in front of St Joseph's Cathedral.

He is the creator of the world's largest Triumphant Cross, in Lübeck Cathedral.

The university, located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, traces its roots back to 1425, when a Franciscan studium generale was founded in Lund next to the Lund Cathedral, arguably making it the oldest institution of higher education in Scandinavia followed by studium generales in Uppsala in 1477 and Copenhagen in 1479.

Wrocław Cathedral in the oldest district of Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław | Ostrów Tumski

* The Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod is completed in 1052, the oldest existent church in Russia.

The oldest liturgical drama ( 12th century ) written already in old Spanish language was a codex found in the library of the Toledo Cathedral.

The oldest OCA Russian Orthodox church in the lower forty-eight states, established in 1857, is Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco.

* Tórshavn Cathedral, the second oldest church in the country.

It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square ( Piazza del Duomo ) after the Cathedral and the Baptistry.

Hereford Cathedral School is also one of the oldest schools in England.

* The Adler-Apotheke, located nearby the Regensburg Cathedral, was founded in 1610 and is one of the oldest Pharmacies in Regensburg.

The Holy Trinity Cathedral ( Accra ) | Anglican Holy Trinity Cathedral, is one of Ghana's oldest cathedrals

The city features noteworthy buildings such as the Gothic Saint-Stephen Cathedral, the Basilica of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, its Station Palace, or its Opera House, the oldest one working in France.

Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site.

Since the 18th century, Worcester Cathedral Choir has taken part in the Three Choirs Festival, the oldest music festival in the world.

Though the period between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Muslim conquest is not well known ( due to lack of documents ), there is clear evidence of Byzantine presence in the city, as indicated by mosaics found in the oldest parts of the Cathedral, which was in early medieval times a paleo-Christian temple.

It is also the oldest legislated seat of the diocese, with the Cathedral in Płock built in the first half of the 12th century and housing the sarcophagi of Polish monarchs.

In the background can be seen the spire of the old St Andrew's Cathedral: the rest of the building burned down in 1962 and was replaced with a new church on the same site. The Theatre Royal, Dumfries was built in 1792 and is the oldest working theatre in Scotland.

The town's oldest surviving monument is the Assumption Cathedral ( 1689 ), an imposing structure surmounted by five globular domes.

The city features noteworthy buildings such as the Gothic Saint-Stephen Cathedral, the Basilica of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, its Station Palace, or its Opera House, the oldest one working in France.

* The Cathedral Parish of St. Andrew-the oldest church in Parañaque, one of the oldest churches in the Philippines, built in 1580.

The Casa del Deán is the oldest noble house in the city of Puebla, constructed by Tomás de la Plaza Goes, who was the deacon of the Cathedral of Puebla.