Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower ( the bell tower of the city's cathedral ), the city of over 88, 332 residents ( around 200, 000 with the metropolitan area ) contains more than 20 other historic churches, several palaces and various bridges across the River Arno.

The cathedral contains a tomb in its crypt that it maintains still holds a portion of the relics of the apostle.

Although not so refined as mosaics in Cefalù and the Palazzo dei Normanni, the cathedral interior nevertheless contains the largest cycle of Byzantine mosaics extant in Italy.

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 South West Tower ( Oxford Tower ) contains the cathedral ’ s main ring of bells, hung for change ringing in the English style.

The North West Tower ( Arundel Tower ) contains the cathedral ’ s clock chime.

The cathedral also contains a statue of St. Giuseppe Moscati, a native of the area.

The city contains numerous medieval buildings, including the cathedral Notre-Dame of Laon, dating mostly from the 12th and 13th centuries.

The cathedral contains the oldest ring of ten bells in the United Kingdom, with the 15th century tenor being older than the tower itself.

The Romano-Gothic cathedral, where lie the remains of Jörg Jenatsch, was begun by Bishop Tello ( 758-73 ), and has a highly interesting crypt ; it contains some remarkable paintings by Dürer and Holbein.

The church contains Biblical paintings, a colossal statue of Christ seated between the Virgin Mary and St John ( 13th century, originally belonging to the cathedral of Thérouanne and presented by the emperor Charles V ), the cenotaph of Saint Audomare ( Omer ) ( 13th century ) and numerous ex-votos.

The north tower was added in 1678 and the south tower in 1768. The shape of the cathedral is a Latin cross and contains five naves.

The park behind the cathedral is Jardin Gregorio Torres Quintero, which contains mango, tabachin ( Caesalpinia mexicana ) and palm trees along with stands selling handcrafts, novelties and food.

The cathedral famously contains the reputed tomb of Strongbow, a medieval Norman-Welsh peer and warlord who came to Ireland at the request of King Diarmuid MacMorrough and whose arrival marked the beginning of English involvement in Ireland.

Christ Church also contains the largest cathedral crypt ( 63. 4m long ) in Britain or Ireland, constructed in 1172-1173.

Behind the altar area, there is the Chapter House, which contains cathedral offices, meeting rooms and other facilities.

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 cathedral contains the tombs of saint princes Vsevolod ( died in 1138 ) and Dovmont ( died in 1299 ).

This cathedral contains a series of paintings built into the church's wooden panelling depicting the Martyrologium Romanum.

The cathedral contains a rare relic, the body of Saint John the Merciful from the 7th century.

The cathedral contains the relics of St. Erasmus, transferred from Formia ; the remarkable campanile, in Arab-Norman style, dates from the 12th century.

The cathedral has been much altered, but still contains medieval work of the 13th and 14th centuries, notable a handsome western tower and processional door.

The cathedral contains an octagonal marble canopy with sculptures in relief, with a font below it belonging to the 8th century, but altered later.

A cathedral and palaces were built in the best style of the day to decorate the city.

The Obradoiro façade of the cathedral, the best known, is depicted on the Spanish euro coins of 1 cent, 2 cents, and 5 cents (€ 0. 01, € 0. 02, and € 0. 05 ).

The Cathedral dates from circa 1220 and is best known for its ( Brabantian ) gothic design and the many sculptures of craftsmen that are sitting on almost every arc and rim along the outside of the cathedral.

* 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 town is best known for the Cathedral of Chartres ( French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres ), widely considered to be the finest Gothic cathedral in France.

Color scheme of the cathedral is best seen by night.

In 1869, he declined the professorship of modern history at Cambridge, but in the same year accepted from Gladstone the deanery of Ely, and until his death devoted himself to the best interests of the cathedral, also receiving many honorary academical distinctions.

Built from 1582 to 1602 by the Jesuits, the cathedral was one of the largest Catholic churches in Asia at the time, and the royalty of Europe vied with each other to bestow upon the cathedral the best gifts.

Chartres cathedral c. 1220 ; the best High Gothic sculpture had largely rediscovered the art of naturalistic figure representation.

The best examples of Romanesque sculpture are: the wooden doors of Split cathedral made by Andrija Buvina ( c. 1220 ) and the Stone portal of Trogir cathedral by the artisan Radovan ( c. 1240 ).

The cathedral is a Grade II * listed building of the lancet style of architecture, and is considered to be one of the best specimens of the work of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin.

Although there was no established church in colonial Victoria, most of the colony's establishment were Anglicans and the Church of England ( as it was then ) was given the best site in Melbourne for its cathedral.

After Evensong, where the music was equal to that of the best cathedral choirs, and a walk round the buildings in the quiet of a Worcestershire evening, I visited the large dormitory, which runs almost the whole length of a building parallel with the chapel.

It is best known for its road of pilgrimage, Eskoleia, leading to the cathedral of Nidaros in Trondheim.

One of the best views of the cathedral spire is from St. James's Hill on Mousehold Heath.

This is probably the best location from which to see the buildings of the Bangor University and the cathedral — as shown in the image below.

Music in the diocese is as diverse as the communities represented in it, but the all male cathedral choir is reputedly one of the best in the country and sings at all chief masses in the cathedral as well as the daily divine offices.

The restored cathedral is renowned internationally as one of North America's best ecclesiastical Gothic Revival structures.

He worked mainly in wood, and is best known for the 16 ( now 10 ) figures of Moriskentänzer ( Morris dancers ) ( 1480 ), the madonna of the high altar in St Mary ( Ramersdorf ), the oak choir stalls at the cathedral of Munich ( 1502 ) and the high altar at Reichersdorf ( 1502 – 1506 ).

Caacupé is best known as the site of the Virgin of Caacupé, which is housed in the cathedral.