№ 149-157. World Cathedrals.

Great Britain. York. A cathedral. The construction started in 1230. The naves were finished in 1231 – 1324. The West face towers were finished in the 15th c. The Cathedral is typical for English Gothic architecture. No information about the architects.

Greece. Athens. Church of the Little Metropolis. It was erected in the 12th century, is called St Eleuteri Church and is a classic byzantine cruciform and domical cathedral. There are both antique and Christian flagstones in the setting, which form a rich ornament, besetting the walls. No information about the architects.

Denmark. Roskilde. A cathedral. The construction of the Roman-Gothic cathedral in Zealand started in the1170’s. First the southern and northern sides were built, which were the burial chapels for Danish kings. No information about the architects.

France. Paris. Notre Dame de Paris. The French Gothic cathedral is situated on Ile de la Cite. The five-nave basilica was being built for about a hundred years (1163-1257). The grandiose cathedral is 130m long, 35m high inside, its towers are 69m high. The stained-glass windows of the western, southern and northern fronts (13c), the front sculptures (12-13cc) and the wholeness of the building remained unharmed. No information about the architects.

Vatican. Rome. St Peter's Cathedral (1506 - 1614) is the largest Catholic temple in the world. Its total area is 15160sq.m.,and it is132m height. Since 1547 it was B.Mikelandzhelo who supervised the construction of the cathedral. St Peter's Cathedral is his most grandiose baroque building. B.Mikelandzhelo achieved the simplicity and wholeness of the outside composition, having refused galleries and angular bell-towers. The dome of the Cathedral was made by a pupil of B.Mikelandzhelo,G. Della Porto (1541 - 1608). St Peter's Cathedral is the place of the Pope's service.

Germany. Cologne. A cathedral. The largest of all Gothic cathedrals in Germany. The five-nave basilica is 136m length, the height of a nave reaches 43 m. The construction of the cathedral started in 1248, but it was completely finished only in 1880. Among the first builders the following people are known: Gerard (worked in 1257), his son Arnolf (worked in 1308), Michael (worked in 1350), Nikolay and Iohan. The cathedral was partially completed in the 19th century. New technology allowed the builders to lift two symmetric towers up to height of 160m.

Spain. Seville. A cathedral. The late-Gothic Christian temple was under construction in 1402 - 1506. Its dome was created by an architect Juan J. de Ontagnon in the place where a mosque minaret (1184 - 1196) of an Arabian governor Abu Jakuba was situated. In the middle of the 16th c the minaret became a Christian bell-tower (1560 - 1568, architect Ernan Ruis). The statue-weather-vane Giraldina which crowns the bell-tower has given the name to the bell-tower – La Giralda. The Seville cathedral is the biggest one in Spain and the third largest one in Europe. It is a huge rectangle (140x76m) (without annexes).

Russia. Moscow. Pokrovskiy cathedral (St Basil cathedral). It was built in 1555-1561 by architects Barma and Postnik. The architects invented an unusual composition: eight churches are grouped round the the ninth (central), devoted to the holiday of the protection of the Holy Virgin. In 1588 the tenth St Basil’s church was attached to the cathedral. The fantastic riot of architectural forms of the cathedral is combined with the beauty of trim.

USA. New York. St Patric Cathedral. Was built in the Gothic style in 1858 – 1879 by an architect James Renuik. St Patric Cathedral was built in stone and granite like French flamboyant with whimsical pattern of casement characteristic for Gothic cathedrals of France in the 14thc.The pattern reminds spirts of flame. St Patric Cathedral is the residence of the New York archbishop.

The margins of the sheetlet feature the painting of St.Basil's cathedral barrels (a cylindrical part of the building with a dome on the top).