Sentence examples for classical cathedral from inspiring English sources

Put simply, it's the finest classical cathedral in the world.

This was Britain's first and only classical cathedral and, inside, it is like being in St Peter's, the way it is gilded and decorated.

I'd heard that an architect in France had constructed a modern building with an all-glass façade designed to reflect the classical cathedral across the street from it, and that, since then, such appositions had become quite fashionable.

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The dome of St . Pauls is one of the most perfect in the world and, like the rest of the cathedral, is classical in theme with Baroque grace notes.

Whether Baroque, neo-Classical or, like the Cathedral, a potpourri of stylistic mementos from 300 years, they have an undeniable Castilian gravitas.

The buzz: "An astonishing songwriter fusing the lush harmonies of Fleet Foxes with the cathedral reverence of classical choral composition".

However, during the 8th century Charlemagne's policy of reviving Roman traditions led to the assimilation rather than destruction of classical art, and monasteries and cathedrals became vitally important repositories.

Here, you stand between a medieval church, a Baroque cathedral, a Neo-Classical theatre from the early 19th Century and the stunning Casa del Popolo by Giuseppe Terragni, one of Mussolini's favourite architects.

In addition to cleaning and rebuilding parts of the Gothic structure, Jones added a classical-style portico to the cathedral's west front in the 1630s, which William Benham notes was "altogether incongruous with the old building .

The cathedral, with its ornate classical, neoclassical and Baroque art and architecture, is slowly sinking; only sophisticated restoration has kept it from collapsing.