Places of Worship

The world's largest temple complex: built in the 12th century, now one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions			Angkor Wat
Built in the late 11th century, about 10 miles north–west of Hastings			Battle Abbey
Nickname of the tower of St. Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincs			Boston Stump
Dohány Street Synagogue – the biggest in Europe			Budapest
Britain's oldest cathedral (founded 602 AD by St. Augustine); Bell Harry Tower – completed 1510, once called “the finest tower in Christendom” – strikes 100 times from 20:55 to sound the city's curfew			Canterbury Cathedral
50 miles WSW of Paris, famous for its stained glass			Chartres Cathedral
English parish church famous for its twisted spire			Chesterfield
British cathedral with a detached bell tower			Chichester
Church in Bethlehem, built (according to tradition) over the cave where Jesus was born			Church of the Nativity
Epstein's St. Michael slaying the Devil is on the outside wall of			Coventry Cathedral
The world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture: situated on the Temple Mount (the supposed site of Solomon's Temple, which was destroyed in the 6th century BC) in Jerusalem			Dome of the Rock
English cathedral claiming to house relics of St. Cuthbert, St. Oswald's head, and the remains of the Venerable Bede			Durham
English cathedral with a famous octagonal tower; nicknamed 'the Ship of the Fens'; depicted (in the distance) on the cover of Pink Floyd's 1994 album The Division Bell			Ely Cathedral
Ruined Cistercian monastery, two miles from Ripon, North Yorkshire			Fountains Abbey
Edinburgh parish church (kirk): a meeting place for the Covenanters (17th century Presbyterians); also associated with a Skye terrier named Bobby, who is said to have lived on his master's grave in its graveyard for 14 years (1858–72)			Greyfriars
The largest known mediaeval mappa mundi still in existence is on display at			Hereford Cathedral
Staffordshire cathedral with three spires (one of two in England – see Truro) – known as the Ladies of the Vale			Lichfield
First consecrated in 1092, destroyed by fire 50 years later; rebuilt and consecrated c. 1145, destroyed by an earthquake in 1185; rebuilt c. 1300, replacing the Great Pyramid as the world's tallest man–made structure; lost that claim in 1549 (to St. Olaf's church in Tallinn) when the central spire was destroyed in a storm; now England's third–largest cathedral (after St. Paul's and York Minster). Described by John Ruskin as " ... out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have"			Lincoln Cathedral
Features two major rose windows (rare in mediaeval English architecture) known as the Dean's Eye and the Bishop's Eye
Has a stone carving of an imp, above a column in its Choir, which has become a symbol of the city that it serves
Britain's biggest cathedral, the world's eighth biggest, and the world's longest (if you don't count St. Peter's, Rome, which is not a cathedral); foundation stone laid in 1904, completed in 1978			Liverpool Anglican
Construction began in 1962, completed in 1967; irreverently nicknamed 'Paddy's Wigwam' or 'the Mersey Funnel'			Liverpool Metropolitan (RC) Cathedral
The first monastery of the Benedictine order: occupied by Nazis during World War II; destroyed by the Allies in 1944, rebuilt after the war			Monte Cassino
St. Basil's Cathedral			Moscow
Architectural style of which Durham Cathedral is a fine example			Norman
St. German's Cathedral (where in the British Isles …?) (Note: St. Germans is also a village in Cornwall with a priory of the same name)			Peel, Isle of Man
English style of 1360–1540			Perpendicular
Ruined Cistercian abbey near Helmsley, North Yorkshire – Harold Wilson took his title from it on being granted a peerage			Rievaulx Abbey
Cathedral in Montmartre, Paris: built between 1875 and 1914, it 'uneasily' mixes Romanesque and Byzantine styles of architecture			Sacre Coeur
Massive church in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudi: construction began in 1882, consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010; completion scheduled for 2026			Sagrada Familia
Tallest cathedral spire in Britain			Salisbury
Church outside the Royal Courts of Justice in The Strand, London: completed in 1682 by Sir Christopher Wren, gutted during the Blitz (in World War II) and not restored until 1958, when it was adapted as the central church of the RAF; may be referenced in the traditional nursery rhyme Oranges & Lemons (but this may actually be a church in Eastcheap, in the City of London, which is dedicated to the same saint)			St. Clement Danes
The place of worship in Windsor Castle: has held a service for the Order of the Garter, whose chapel it is, annually since 1948; burial place of many monarchs and other members of the royal family; also the venue for many royal weddings, including Prince Edward in 1999 and Peter Phillips in 2008; Prince Charles' marriage to Camilla Parker–Bowles was blessed there in 2005			St. George's Chapel
Northernmost cathedral in the British Isles – Kirkwall, Orkney			St. Magnus's
Church of Bow Bells; said to have persuaded Dick Whittington to turn again to become thrice Lord Mayor of London			St. Mary–le–Bow, Strand (Cheapside)
Whispering Gallery, Stone Gallery, Golden Gallery			St. Paul's, London
The parish church of the Tower of London: burial place of some of the most famous prisoners executed at the Tower, including Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey			St. Peter ad Vincula
The World's largest Christian church or cathedral			St. Peter's, Rome
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ – known as the Church (of the Saviour) on Spilled Blood – Tsar Alexander II was mortally wounded there in 1888			St. Petersburg
Ruined Cistercian abbey on the banks of the River Wye in Monmouthshire (between Mon mouth and Chepstow): subject of paintings by Turner, and poems by Wordsworth and Tennyson			Tintern Abbey
The first Anglican cathedral to be built since St. Paul's, and the first on a new site since Salisbury in 1220; one of two in England with three spires (see Lichfield)			Truro (1880–1910)
The world's highest cathedral spire (German city)			Ulm
Popular name (amongst non–Jews) for the West Wall (the last remaining part) of Jerusalem's ancient Jewish temple			Wailing Wall
Cathedral with famous steps leading to the Chapter House; Jack Blandiver (a mechanical figure) sounds the quarter–hours			Wells
The Collegiate Church of St. Peter is more commonly known as			Westminster Abbey
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior; Poets' Corner; shrine of St. Edward the Confessor
'Remember Winston Churchill': on a slab of marble on the floor of
The largest Catholic church in England and Wales: foundation stone laid in 1895, opened in 1903; officially known as the Cathedral Church of the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ; described by John Betjeman as "a masterpiece in striped brick and stone in an intricate pattern of bonding"			Westminster Cathedral
Cathedral where the relics of St. Swithin are kept			Winchester
The bones of King Canute and William Rufus were among those scattered (and mixed up) by Roundhead plunderers during the Civil War, at
St. George's Chapel is in the grounds of			Windsor Castle
All Saints' Church, to whose door Martin Luther famously nailed his '95 Theses' in 1517, is in (German town on the River Elbe)			Wittenberg
The largest gothic church in Northern Europe; suffered a major fire in 1984, thought to have been caused by a lightning strike; famous for its stained glass, including the Five Sisters window (1260), the Great West Window (1330s), the Great East Window (1405) and the Rose Window (1515). 'Five Sisters' may be a corruption of 'Five Cistercians' (it uses glass known to be favoured by the Cistercian monks); the Five Sisters window is also (was previously) known as the Jewish Window			York Minster

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