Cathedral de Canterbury

Cathedral de Canterbury
instantia de: Anglican or Episcopal cathedral[*]
parte de: Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church[*]
Patrimonio: Grade I listed building[*], part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[*]
data de creation: 7e seculo, 597
sito web official: https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/
Commons: Canterbury Cathedral

Le Cathedral de Canterbury in Canterbury, Kent es un del ecclesias plus ancian e famose in Anglaterra. Illo es le cathedral del Archiepiscopo de Canterbury, le chef del Ecclesia de Anglaterra e le chef symbolic del Communion Anglican. Su titulo official es le Cathedral e Ecclesia Metropolitan de Christo a Canterbury.

Fundate in 597, le cathedral era restruite completemente ab 1070 usque 1077. Le cathedral deveniva un loco popular de pelegrinage, a causa del assassination de Archiepiscopo Thomas Becket illac in 1170. Post un incendio in 1174, le section del est era restruite con architectura gothic e augmentate. Le resto del cathedral era restruite in le seculo 14. Usque le Reformation anglese, le cathedral era etiam parte de un communitate benedictin. Le cathedral e tres locos altere in Canterbury forma un UNESCO Sito de Patrimonio Mundial.