Description of the attraction
Gloucester Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and the Holy Trinity, is one of the oldest Christian churches in the UK. It was founded in 678 (679) AD. and was part of the abbey of St. Peter. This church has not survived to this day - the existing cathedral was founded at the end of the 11th century, and it became cathedral only in 1541.
The architecture of the cathedral is a whimsical combination of the Norman style and later additions and additions, which reflected all the directions and styles of Gothic architecture. The south entrance is an example of the perpendicular Gothic style, like the north transept. However, the south transept is in the decorated Gothic style, and the choirs are a superposition of perpendicular Gothic over the Norman style. The cathedral is 130 meters long, 44 meters wide, and the central tower is 79 meters high.
One of the main attractions of the cathedral is the medieval stained glass window. Among other plots, this stained glass window shows the earliest depiction of a game of golf - 1350, which is 300 years earlier than the earliest known depiction of golf in Scotland. One of the cathedral's carvings depicts a ball game, a medieval prototype of football.
The decoration of the cathedral is the tomb of the English king Edward II, who was killed nearby and buried in the abbey church.
At the end of the 19th century, the cathedral was undergoing significant restoration work under the direction of George Gilbert Scott.
Some scenes from the Harry Potter films were filmed in the cathedral.
