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Winchester Cathedral

Religious and Sacred Buildings

Winchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and of Saint Swithun in Winchester, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. It is the seat of the bishop of Winchester and the mother church of the ancient Diocese of Winchester, run by a dean and chapter under the dean of Winchester.

Facts
Building Type
Anglican cathedral 1
Location
Winchester, England 1
Completed Year
1001 2
Completed Year
1532 1
Height (m)
46 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Cathedral 1
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Cathedral, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Gothic Architecture, Styles and Movements

A Gothic cathedral.

In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Winchester Cathedral
Wikipedia
  • lead paragraph, summary extract
    is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and is among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe.
  • Architecture section, construction span
    The present building was begun in 1079 and was completed in 1532.
  • Architecture section, central tower dimensions
    The central tower is 150 feet (46 m) high.
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    Winchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and of Saint Swithun in Winchester, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. It is the seat of the bishop of Winchester and the mother church of the ancient Diocese of Winchester, run by a dean and chapter under the dean of Winchester.
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2. Wikidata: Winchester Cathedral
  • Wikidata Q476529, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q476529, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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