St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, Anglican cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Description
St Anne's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, built in a style that reinterprets Romanesque forms. Heavy stone walls, rounded arches, and a slender steel spire reaching 40 meters (131 feet) shape its outer appearance.
History
The foundation stone was placed in 1899, and the main hall received blessing five years later. Building work continued in several stages through to the 1980s.
Culture
The cathedral takes its name from a 19th-century parish church that previously occupied the site and was already dedicated to Saint Anne. Visitors today experience Anglican services with choral music and congregational singing that follow the traditions of the Church of Ireland.
Practical
The baptismal chamber inside displays a mosaic ceiling made from around 150,000 pieces of glass and a marble christening basin sourced from Ireland. Visitors can walk through the rooms and observe the details of the furnishings.
Did you know?
This cathedral serves two separate Anglican dioceses at once, Connor and Down and Dromore. The entire building holds only one tomb, that of Lord Carson from 1935.
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