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Show GREAT AND ANCIENT CATHEDRALS. Among the finest should be mentioned St. Patrick's Pat-rick's Cathedral, Dublin, founded by St. Patrick in the year 448. It is 300 feet long and 130 feet high. It possesses "the Joy bells" of Dublin. It was restored re-stored jn" the year 18o" at a cost of $1,750000. Then," there' is 'the "" Cathedral "of'" Ch'artresp France., begun in the year 1040 and dedicated in the year 1260. It is 30(3 feet long. K)G feet high and has two sleeples, one 342, the other 378 feet. D contains (500 statues. Xotrc Dame, Paris, was commenced in the year 11(53. It is 300 feet long. 150 feet wide, 110 feet high and covers an area of 7,120 square yards. Historically His-torically it is an edifice of rich and sad memories and in the present hour its future is uncertain. The Cathedral at. Amiens. France, arose in the thirteenth century. It is 450 feet long and 140 feet high. The Cathedral at Florence. Italy, was commenced com-menced in the year 1208. It is .".00 feet in length, 128 feet in width. 1"8 feet in height, and has a transept 310 feet long. The cupola, which was built by Michael Angelo, is 140 feet in diameter and 380 feet high. The separate belfry is 2G0 feet high and forty-two feet square. The Cathedral at Strassburg. Germany, famous as the possessor of the greatest astronomical clock in tin? world, is 3(33 feet in length and 125 feet wide. The one finished tower, or spire, is 4(58 feet high and is ascended by 500 steps. And finally the cruciform Cathedral at Antwerp in Belgium. It is 348 feet long. 130 feet high and has a spire 402 feet high. It has six aisles and 125 pillars. |
