I have been to multiple cathedrals during this study abroad experience. The four I will be discussing are Saint Stephan's, Saint Vitus, Saint George, and Saint Wulfrum's.
Saint Stephan's cathedral is a Roman Catholic Church located in Vienna. In the church there were statues of saints which were a symbol of Heaven. It is the church of earth and heaven with the community of saints. There was a private chal for the upper class. The Habsburgs built a higher steeple for political power. The church then was too small for the Habsburgs and dedicated it to Saint Stephan's.
Saint Vitus and Saint George are located in Prague at the Prague castle. Saint Vitus is gothic, while Saint George is far from gothic. Saint George is considered to to be Romanesque. Saint Vitus looked to be much bigger than Saint George. Vitus has more depth and detail. Both are Roman Catholic Churches similar to Stephan's church.
Saint Wulfram's is smaller due to not knowing at the time how to support the church. They made it as tall as they could but didn't know how to build it at the time to make it taller. It has a chained book library. It is different from the others because it is an episcopalian church.
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