Viborg Cathedral

The Cathedral on Skt. Mogens Gade was built in the 12th century and rebuilt between 1864 and 1876 as a copy of the original Romanesque building of granite ashlar. Only the three-aisled crypt of the original was preserved. The new church, built of brick and Swedish granite, was modeled on some of the German cathedrals and the churches of Lund and Ribe. Its most distinctive features are the twin towers with their pyramidal roofs, visible from afar. A few Romanesque sculptured stones have been incorporated into the external walls, including the two lions flanking a window in the apse.

The interior is dominated by and famous for the Biblical wall-paintings which Joakim Skovgaard created between 1901 and 1906. In the side aisles are Old