Basilica of the National Vow
Artist: Emilio Tarlier
1892 - still unfinished
Architecture
This Roman Catholic church is located in the historic center of Quito, Ecuador, and is the largest Neo-Gothic basilica on the continent. With gorgeous, intricate details both inside and out, the basilica is technically unfinished. The basilica arose from the idea, proposed by Father Julio Matovelle in 1883, of building a monument as a perpetual reminder of the consecration of Ecuador to the Sacred Heart.
Bayeux Cathedral
11th Century
Architecture
Bayeux Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux ( Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux), is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Bayeux in Normandy, France. A national monument, it is the seat of the Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux and was probably the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry, still preserved nearby.
The site is an ancient one and was once occupied by Roman sanctuaries. The present cathedral was consecrated on 14 July 1077 in the presence of William, Duke of Normandy. It was on this site that William may have forced Harold Godwinson to take an oath of support to him, the breaking of which led to the Norman Conquest of England – meaning that the oath must have been made before 1066.
Beauvais Cathedral
1225 -1573
Architecture
The Cathedral of Saint Peter of Beauvais ( Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais) is a Catholic church in the northern town of Beauvais, Oise, France.
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