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 ...

Most of us, when hearing the word 'gothic', conjure up the image of soaring cathedral towers. In the territories of Poland, the Gothic style rarely took such spectacular forms, but managed to develop ...

One of the most beautiful castles in Europe and likely the most recognizable in the world, Neuschwanstein served as the ...

Cologne Cathedral is a High Gothic five-aisled basilica (144.5 m long), with a projecting transept (86.25 m wide) and a tower façade (157.22 m high). The nave is 43.58 m high and the side-aisles 19.80 ...

The cathedral in all its Gothic glory that exists today was put up in 1254. (That isn’t to say the building was never tested again. Seven centuries later, in 1964, the central nave collapsed ...

Consecrated in 1929, the cathedral features neo-Gothic stylings alongside Renaissance ... the entire cathedral without purchasing the Prague Castle Basic Tour ticket. St. Vitus Cathedral is ...

In Uppsala, time seems to stand still when you catch sight of the soaring spires that crown the cathedral or the unyielding ...

Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries to house the relics of St Cuthbert (evangelizer of Northumbria) and the Venerable Bede. It attests to the importance of the early ...

Discover the fascinating history of Strawberry Hill House, Britain’s first and finest example of Gothic Revival architecture and the vision of Horace Walpole.

Three experts weigh in on the architectural style that defined Europe for centuries and continues to inspire buildings today ...