About 500 relatives of victims are attending the ecumenical service, with hundreds more watching on large screens outside the cathedral and in a neighbouring church.
According to a story passed down for generations, a Dane was caught hiding in the cathedral after a raid and, as retribution for the destruction wrought by his countrymen, was flayed alive.
I have on file cases of Britons recently imprisoned for crimes as relatively mild as abusive tweeting, poll-rigging, Boat Race obstructing, cathedral desecrating, job-application falsifying, expenses fiddling, urinatingon a war memorial, speeding-point switching, licence fee non-paying, and googling in court.
Classic site The golden-domed Cádiz cathedral is best seen close to sunset from the sea wall along Campo del Sur – followed (if you can there in time) by a sundowner at nearby Playa de la Caleta.
Legend has it that Napoleon said he wouldn't leave Moscow until he saw Novodevichy burn, and his soldiers supposedly attempted to blow up the convent's main cathedral.
Beneath a leafy canopy The poet, on my seventieth, Gazed up through cathedral Branches at constellations.
An organist was rehearsing for a concert the next day and, although most of the cathedral was dark, the lights still shone in the nave.
New openings over the last year include the recently completed Les Voûtes de la Major precinct of boutiques and restaurants near the cathedral and les Halles de La Major market, underneath Cathédrale de la Major, dedicated to gourmet foods.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 11.39am BST11 39 Vic Marks reports from Worcester At Worcester the sun is peeping through and there is no scaffolding on the cathedral so all is reasonably well with the world.
The Cosmos' home stadium never would be confused with a cathedral of soccer – Downing Stadium on Randall's Island, situated between Queens and Manhattan.
I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity to the mountains – Christchurch is two hours distant from the worn saddle of Arthur's Pass, the mountain village that was and is my father's spiritual touchstone, his chapel and cathedral in the wild.
