Join Friends of the Cathedral to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the building of the Great Nave. Architectural historian ...

The cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in Pelplin, photo: Przemek Świderski / Reporter The small town of Pelplin in the Kociewie region hides one of the most monumental sites of Gothic ...

Gothic architecture, or the 'modern style' as it ... siphoned off' the weight of the nave, and the outward thrust of the nave vault, 'leap frogged' over the lower aisles and took the load to ...

The master mason was Henry Yevele who followed closely the earlier Gothic style of architecture although the decoration was not as lavish as in the eastern part of the church. So the present nave was ...

Because of the unity of its architecture and decoration ... and which marked the advent of an original mode of plastic expression, known as the Gothic style. A little later, the nave and the choir, ...