Probably the best known cathedral ever – Notre Dame de Paris, France / Photo: Shutterstock
Saint-Étienne de Bourges – Cathedral in Bourges, France – the seat of the Archbishop of Bourges / Photo: Shutterstock
Duomo di Milano (Milan Cathedral), Italy / Photo: Shutterstock
Notre-Dame d’Amiens – Amiens, France, west facade / Photo: Shutterstock
Notre-Dame d’Amiens – Amiens, France, detail of west facade / Photo: Shutterstock
Notre-Dame d’Amiens – Amiens, crossing over the nave / Photo: Shutterstock
Notre-Dame d’Amiens – Amiens, beautiful stained glass windows / Photo: Shutterstock
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France / Photo: Martina Advaney
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France – detail to the west favade / Photo: Martina Advaney
St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle, Czech Republic / Photo: Martina Advaney
St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle, Czech Republic – Rosette in West Facade / Photo: Martina Advaney
St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle, Czech Republic – Supporting system / Photo: Martina Advaney
St. Barbara’s Church, sometimes referred to as the Cathedral of St Barbara, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic / Photo: Shutterstock
The construction did not always go without problems – an incomplete Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, United Kingdom / Photo: Shutterstock
Another example of incomplete cathedral – Saint Peter of Beauvais in Beauvais, in northern France/ Photo: Shutterstock
Saint Peter of Beauvais, France – Due to the collapse of the Choir in 1284 there was a radical rebuild in the following century. The cathedral still remains incomplete and several supporting precautions have been taken / Photo: Shutterstock