Amid the gentle laylas of north east england like a great great sits down and proceed. The great feature of the east front is the immense twelve the frozen wind. Seen from inside its a radiant creation to the mediaval mind it symbolized christ the light of the wild towards whom all things strive the images full of mankinds way to that life. Because it was of monumental size recalling a focus and not without reason. Built nine hundred years ago it has is a treasure brought by monks more than a millennium ago the multitude remains of some cost but this was to be his final resting place. Like a great stone the cathedral rests in frowned on a rise above the river which. With the river looping right around it the rises like a peninsula sheltering the church away from the cities free this was a kind of protected place the monks had sold for almost two hundred years theyve been moving the remains of sin kuspit from one location to another driven by fear of the rapacious spite of. Their flight began on lindisfarne a Little Island off the northeast coast not far from the scottish borders. And its called now. Beyond his reach by causeway that at. The place is of magic. It was an e a six thirty five the first monastery was founded on lindisfarne before long it was the spiritual and Cultural Center of northeastern. Entail of. Five but it was ordained bishop but linda spawn in recognition of his divine life accepted the office with reluctance. Was freed by death from the unwelcome. Ten years later when his place of burial was changed his body was found not to. Heaven itself but approved of and a ration of coffee. Became the most important place of pilgrimage in northern england. The pilgrims brought money the vikings learnt of it and raided the monastery the monks fled taking tough spots to mainz with. His wish had been not to be left behind if ever the monks abandoned the island. Had done the monks felt safe at last on the crag they built whats known as the white trash the house cuthberts body consecrated in one thousand nine it was demolished a brief century later by the normans following the conquest of ten sixty six they were establishing a kingdom of that own and they would start anew with everything including the churches and it was that spirit that. Gave birth to the cathedral it still stands and done. Its the most impressive. But oh its gigantic it remains. Steady impression there are a few statues on the facade. Of the blind at the foot of the womb was a sequence of seemingly and. Topped with its time. So walter scott was among the great of the mixed and massive piles. Of god. The sky. The north draw affords a vivid glimpse of the past anyone accused of a crime might seek help pad and wield a great sanctuary naca those who are granted sanctuary where either obliged to flee the country or brought before a court. At the way stand at the cathedral where it stockist stands the baptismal font this is the reason that is much of the christian way of thinking mocks the moment when a human creature leaves the dock misses and begins the johnny eastward to the light of life. The rigged voting is born upon my cheapass has the sides of the nave consist of columns with a try for him above them and a cast or a above that. The sheer size of the cathedral is overpowering. But was the best man saint in england at the time and pilgrims came in great numbers to visit his two trusting in the miraculous cures effected death and his new church had to be so to be ground. It had to be secure as well for the rebellious scots who are not far off in a struggle against them the king of england required a dependable ally and found him in the bishop of dunham he confirmed royal powers upon the bishop and for his protection built the castle. Jairam is a typical norman cost the cape is on a rise with the other buildings grouped around it today the castle is a college of the university it has undergone extensive reconstruction its original character can best be seen in the norman child. Six palace divide the space within the chapel recalling the six days in which god created the world. The shafts of the palace are simplicity itself but the capitals are highly imaginative depicting human and animal films in and it met for life. Week. The saw delta went hand in hand and. They were united neck common task of defending the border and the ranks of sin cut. In the east of the cathedral in the triumphant chapel of the nine. But. The chronicles of old sang the praises of chaos but stew countless miracles that happened beside it and spock. But now a playing slap mocks the place where once the great tombstone print fifteen forty and radiates confiscated the entire tractor because the. Above the final resting place of sin but the stained glass windows of the class the figure of christ bearing his cross is one might have identified. That jesus seen in the triumphant light of transfiguration on mount was from a a to cough but to the two transfiguration. The cloisters with gothic tracery a cool and lucid as well. Own his tranquillity it seems scarcely credible that this cathedral to the witnessed such troubled times although for decades it was derelict to collapse or indeed sixteen fifty the choir stalls were banned by scottish prison as locked up by cromwell zombie. Like any church darren cathedral symbolizes the union of heaven and the knave represents the us the transepts heaven at the crossing they meet and fall across the cross of the universe is more than fifty meters up borne by forecasters a column out in the cosmos to get. Built is a shrine for a dead st and as a buttress against the enemy without the cathedral has remained down the edges what it has always been a house of god amongst humankind for humankind. Let me take me names. Many days on the phone from the song on. My. Phone ping pong. Balls and cakes to school. Hes like. A museum that save the world. Ok thats going too far but it did rescue this city. Since the Guggenheim Museum opened a branch here the city has thrived. All of the Basque Country profits from frank careys eccentric building. Now this success is being honored. Hero next in sixty minutes w. We take her silly. With all the wonderful people and stories that make the game so special. For all true fans dot com. Got more than football online. The thing with. The sling and the fresh w is i misspeak your language does not look. For content in dari pashto and order. 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