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Cathedral of St Mungo Description

The most significant historic building in Glasgow is the cathedral and its length of 295ft/90m makes it the largest church in Scotland after St Andrews. In line with the presbyterian constitution of the Church of Scotland, there is no bishop but the building, situated to the east of George Square, is still referred to as "Glasgow Cathedral".

David I commissioned the first chapel on this site in 1136, but it was destroyed by fire a few years later. At the end of the 12th century Bishop Jocelin ordained that the chapel be rebuilt. The Lower church, chancel and tower had been rebuilt by the mid-13th C and the chapterhouse and sacristy were completed in 1447. In 1480 the nave was finally consecrated. The window on the west front

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Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Medieval; Christian sites; Stained glass of note

Cathedral of St Mungo Highlights

Crypt

The grandest room in the cathedral, the crypt or lower church, houses the tomb of St Mungo, who founded the bishopric in the sixth century and was buried here in 603. Pre-Reformation Gothic fan

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Address

Cathedral of St Mungo
2 Castle Street
Glasgow G4 0RH
United Kingdom

http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=13

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