Cathedrals, Liverpool

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Liverpool Anglican Cathedral is a must see when in Liverpool, on my most recent visit, I learned that it is only just over 100 years old. It looks like it's been there forever. So impressive, both inside and out. The massive main hall and other rooms are so well built and are a photographers dream. They have regular services here and the timetable is on the website (see below). Admission is free but a recommeded donation of £3 is most welcome. Plenty of toilets inside and they also have a restaurant and shop.

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Another Cathedral?

Yes,

This one is a Roman Catholic cathederal - from the outside it doesn't have an ordinary catholic shape, however, inside it's beatiful, all the multicoloured glass let pass through the sun light and all inside is painted in so nice colourse, believe me, it's a nice expirience. Take a look to my second photograph.

Admission is free

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The Cathedral is one of the most impressive buildings I visited in England. It is the largest Anglican Cathedral and inside it's quite stunning, you will realized that the arch are big enough, and for instance you may think that there is a big empty inside for the big proportions it has.

I strongly recomend you visit the tower, it will give you a stunning view of the city at the top of this amazing buidling, prices are around 2.5 pounds.

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If Cathedrals are your Thing - Then Liverpool has got a treat in store for you.
We have the Anglican Cathedral. where you get great views of the City and local area from the Top.
and we have the Catholic Cathedral known locally as Paddy's Wigwam... for obvious reasons... 'if you haven't got it yet....? its down to the shape.

The Catholics built in Liverpool not in an old style.

The Metropholitan Cathedral was built in the 1960s with a lot of modern materials. Not all of them was tested enough. So the Cathedral had to been renovated in the last years for 8 Mio. GBP. This was a good investment!

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Liverpool has two enormous cathedrals, one Anglican and the other Roman Catholic. The Catholic Cathedral (pictured) is an odd structure often called the 'wigwam.' Don't worry, there wasn't an earthquake...maybe it was windy when I took this photo? Originally the cathedral designs called for a structure to rival St Peters in size. The foundations were dug and then WWII started! Today the crypts host events like a superb annual beer festival each February.

The Anglican Cathedral by comparision is more traditional in appearance, but was only finished recently.

Liverpool Cathedral is only 100 years old but its life has seen many changes.

The Cathedral Church of Christ, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s masterpiece, is built on St. James’ Mount and is visible from miles around: “a visible witness for God in the midst of the great city”.

Visit this cathedral and immerse yourself in 100 years of history.

The Catholics of Liverpool were for a long time without Catholic diocese, being variously administered from Coventry, Lichfield and Chester. With the Irish Potato famine in the 1840's there was a rapid rise in the number of Catholics in the city.

After several aborted attempts (and I thought the Pope was against that !) the present Cathedral was completed during the 1960's on the foundations and Crypt of an earlier effort in the century that was meant to rival Gilbert Scott's Masterpiece (The Church of England Cathedral) at the other end of Hope street.

Due the Irish connection and it's striking design it is usually refered to, with typical scouse wit, as "Paddy's Wigwam".