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Glasgow Cathedral

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Castle Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Awe Inspiring Feb 27, 2008

The first stone-built Glasgow Cathedral was dedicated in the presence of King David I in 1136. The present building was consecrated in 1197. Since that same period the Cathedral has never been unroofed and the worship of God has been carried out within its walls for more than 800 years. The Cathedral has a regular and active congregation, and no visitor should leave the city without making a visit.The ground was consecrated for Christian burial by St. Ninian in 397 A.D. The Lower Church houses the tomb of St. Mungo (also called Kentigern) who died in 603 A.D.

Glasgow Cathedral's 13th century tower is the last remaining intact tower on a Scottish mediaeval church.

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agnesli says:

Thank for the advice. Shall take visit there!

Posted on: Feb 28, 2008

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Glasgow Cathedral Blogs

neamaria

Aug 06, 2007

My friend and I wanted to be healthy and decided to walk all the way to the cathedral after that, and so we did. The cathedral itself looked like any cathedral in Europe really, we don't have any of them here but I have seen some before in both France and Spain, and I couldn't tell much difference… The first days

larbo

Sep 18, 2006

Cathedral , which dates back to the 12th century. I still have trouble grasping how old that is. The church had a fabulous stained glass window of the creation story from Genesis 1 and 2. I sat there for half an hour or so just… Rain, rain and more rain

chrisrae

Jun 18, 2007

Anyway, I first checked out the oldest house here, built around 1460 or so, and then the gothic Cathedral, both of which managed to survive the Reformation. There is also a Necropolis (city of dead) behind the Cathedral. It's basically a cemetery built on the side of the hill. That was eery but interesting at the same time. There… Hello Scotland!

dannydic…

May 27, 2007

), past the bus and train stations, and arrived at the Glasgow Cathedral on Castle St. Learned from the Mungo Museum next door that the Cathedral was built over the burial site of St. Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow. The western catholic church had established it in the 12th century, and then Scottish Protestant… Day 13: More Glasgow, then a fast ferry!

Cam85

Apr 19, 2008

So, we hot-tailed it over to the Glasgow Necropolis which is the grounds for the Glasgow Cathedral, which is built on the site where St Kentigern, or Mungo, the first bishop within the ancient British kingdom of Strathclyde, was thought to have been buried in AD 612. The present cathedral was built during the 13th to 15th centuries and is the only… Glasgow