Cathedral Church of St Michael

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The Cathedral Church of St Michael is the modern Anglican cathedral in Coventry, England, renowned for its striking postwar architecture and powerful symbolism of reconciliation built beside the ruins of the bombed medieval cathedral.

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Cathedral Church of St Michael canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican cathedral
church building
landmark
adjacentTo medieval Cathedral Church of St Michael ruins
ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral
alsoKnownAs Coventry Cathedral
Coventry Cathedral
surface form: New Coventry Cathedral
architecturalStyle Modernist architecture
postwar architecture
associatedEvent Coventry Blitz
surface form: Second World War bombing of Coventry
associatedWith Coventry Blitz
buildingType cathedral church
city Coventry
continent Europe
country United Kingdom
culturalSignificance icon of Coventry’s postwar identity
dedicatedTo Saint Michael
denomination Church of England
diocese Diocese of Coventry NERFINISHED
function seat of the Bishop of Coventry
governingBody Chapter of Coventry Cathedral
heritage built beside bombed medieval cathedral
response to Second World War destruction
heritageContext rebuilt after Coventry Blitz
knownFor postwar reconstruction
striking modern design
symbolism of reconciliation
liturgicalTradition Anglican
locatedIn Coventry
England
West Midlands
municipality Coventry
surface form: City of Coventry
notableTheme healing after wartime bombing
postwar reconciliation between former enemies
primaryUse Christian worship
province Province of Canterbury
region West Midlands
surface form: West Midlands region
relationshipToOldCathedral built alongside preserved ruins
successor to medieval Cathedral Church of St Michael
religion Christianity
religiousAffiliation Anglicanism
secondaryUse concert and events venue
tourist attraction
status active cathedral
symbolism Christian reconciliation
peace and forgiveness
tourism major visitor attraction in Coventry

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Coventry Cathedral alsoKnownAs Cathedral Church of St Michael