Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier ...

Gothic architecture developed along with cities – it was there that a vast majority of new buildings were erected. The Dominicans and Franciscans who settled in the Polish lands built their ...

Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest achievements—ambitious monuments where master architects, carpenters, stonemasons, and glassworkers pushed engineering to its limits.

Because of the unity of its architecture and decoration, the result of research of the first Gothic era, its immense influence on the art of Middle Age Christianity, Chartres Cathedral appears as an ...

What is revealed with the restoration of Gothic architecture is a newfound appreciation for the many colours that these buildings were painted with. Many parts of Gothic cathedrals — especially ...

Criterion (i): Amiens Cathedral, mainly built between 1220 to 1288, is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture for the beauty of its interior elevation, its prodigious sculpted decoration and its stained ...

For a century, the church had demonstrated its close ties to the community its served through baptisms, weddings and funerals ...

The cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in Pelplin, photo: Przemek Świderski / Reporter The small town of Pelplin in the Kociewie region hides one of the most monumental sites of Gothic ...

Built entirely of stone and ironwood, Phat Diem Cathedral is a masterpiece of architecture, blending Eastern and Western ...