Description of the attraction
St Andrews Cathedral - Historic Cathedral of St Andrews (St Andrews) From its founding in 1158 until its destruction during the Reformation, it was the seat of the Archbishop of Scotland, making St Andrews the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland for many decades.
According to legend, the Greek monk Saint Regulus received a revelation that he should take the relics of Saint Andrew and sail with them "to the end of the world." His ship was wrecked near Kilrimont on the east coast of Scotland. Subsequently, this settlement became known as St. Andrews (the city of St. Andrew).
To store the relics of St. Andrew, a Romanesque church was built, which then began to bear the name of St. Regulus. The church was small, but with a very high tower - 33 meters. This tower has survived to this day. Soon the church became too small, and the construction of a huge cathedral began next to it. It began in 1158 and lasted for almost 100 years. Strong storms twice - in 1272 and 1279 - destroyed part of the almost completed cathedral. The cathedral was consecrated in 1318 in the presence of King Robert I the Bruce. During the Scottish Reformation and the War of the Three Kingdoms, the cathedral was ravaged. Since the end of the 16th century, the cathedral has been destroyed and partially dismantled. Until the middle of the 19th century, nothing was done to preserve it. At the moment, three of the six towers have been partially preserved, two east and one west, and the remains of the nave, which allow us to say that the cathedral was the largest in Scotland. Its length reached 100 meters, and the towers were 30 meters high.
