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    Chichester Cathedral

    The Cathedral spire is 82 m high. The cathedral has many treasures and artworks, the most precious being two carved reliefs dating from the 12th century and which are of exceptional rarity among English sculpture. The cathedral has paintings, Stained glass windows by Marc Chagall, a number of tombs of Bishops, Roman mosaics etc. There are now five pipe organs of different sizes and styles at Chichester Cathedral. The Cathedral is a nesting place for Peregrine Falcons. Located near Portsmouth in Sussex, England.






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    Liverpool Cathedral

    The Cathedral has a length of 188.67 m (world's longest cathedral) and a tower of height 100.8 m and is 50 km from Manchester. The cathedral bells are at 67 m above floor level. It is the highest and heaviest ringing peal in the world. It is of 13 bells weighing 16.5 ton. At 14.5 ton, Great George is the second most massive bell in the British Isles (16.5 t Great Paul at St Paul's Cathedral, London is the heaviest).







    Christ by Elisabeth Frink



    The Cathedral's pipe organ is the largest in the UK with two five-manual consoles and 10,268 pipes.

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    Norwich Anglican Cathedral

    The Cathedral was built during 1096-1145 and is around 200 km from London via Cambridge. The Cathedral has a length of 140 m and a spire of 96 m.








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    St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburg

    It is one of the three spired cathedrals of UK in Scotland. Some come to the Cathedral for the music and some for the beauty of the building itself.






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    St Gile's Cathedral, Edinburgh







    Tomb of James Graham



    Roof of Thistle Chapel

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