Salisbury Cathedral

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Anglican cathedral Gothic architecture church building

Salisbury Cathedral is a renowned early English Gothic cathedral in Wiltshire, England, best known for its soaring spire and housing one of the best-preserved original copies of the Magna Carta.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Salisbury	1
Salisbury Cathedral chapter house	1
Salisbury Cathedral cloister	1
Salisbury Cathedral nave	1
Salisbury Cathedral tower	1
Salisbury Cathedral transepts	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican cathedral ⓘ Gothic architecture ⓘ church building ⓘ
architecturalType	cathedral ⓘ
bishopSeatOf	Bishop of Salisbury ⓘ
clockDate	c. 1386 ⓘ
completionYear	1258 ⓘ
consecrationYear	1258 ⓘ
constructionStart	1220 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of Salisbury ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince	Province of Canterbury ⓘ
governingBody	Dean and Chapter of Salisbury ⓘ
hasFeature	double transepts ⓘ large cloister garth ⓘ medieval clock mechanism ⓘ medieval stone vaulting ⓘ slender piers and lancet windows ⓘ
hasPart	Salisbury Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Salisbury Cathedral chapter house Salisbury Cathedral choir ⓘ Salisbury Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Salisbury Cathedral cloister Salisbury Cathedral close ⓘ Salisbury Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Salisbury Cathedral nave Salisbury Cathedral spire ⓘ Salisbury Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Salisbury Cathedral tower Salisbury Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Salisbury Cathedral transepts
height	123 m ⓘ 404 ft ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry	England ⓘ
houses	original 1215 Magna Carta manuscript ⓘ
knownFor	housing an original copy of Magna Carta ⓘ large cloister and cathedral close ⓘ medieval clock ⓘ tallest church spire in the United Kingdom ⓘ
length	142 m ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Anglican ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Salisbury ⓘ Wiltshire ⓘ
magnaCartaLocation	chapter house ⓘ
naveLength	84 m ⓘ
numberOfMagnaCartaCopies	1 ⓘ
patronSaint	Virgin Mary ⓘ
spireCompletionYear	1320 ⓘ
style	Early English Gothic ⓘ
towerAndSpireHeight	123 m ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salisbury Cathedral choir → affiliatedWith → Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ

Early English Gothic → architecturalStyleOf → Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ

Diocese of Salisbury → cathedral → Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ

Diocese of Salisbury → centralChurch → Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ

Dean and Chapter of Salisbury → governs → Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ

Bishop of Salisbury → hasCathedral → Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England → hasCathedral → Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ

Salisbury → hasLandmark → Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England → hasLandmark → Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ