St Andrews Cathedral

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St Andrews Cathedral is a ruined medieval cathedral in St Andrews, Scotland, that was once the largest and most important church in the country and a major center of pilgrimage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cathedral
former Roman Catholic cathedral
medieval building
ruin
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
associatedMonastery St Andrews Priory
category medieval church ruin in Scotland
completedIn 1318
consecratedIn 1318
constructionBegan 1158
country United Kingdom
declineBegan 16th century
dedicatedTo Saint Andrew
destroyedBy storms and neglect
function seat of the medieval Scottish bishops
seat of the medieval archbishops of St Andrews
governingBody priory of Augustinian canons
hasFeature east gable
enclosing precinct wall
graveyard
west front
hasStructure St Rule's Tower
hasViewOf North Sea
St Andrews Harbour
surface form: St Andrews harbour
heritageDesignation Scheduled monument
length approximately 119 metres
locatedIn Fife
Scotland
location St Andrews
managedBy Historic Environment Scotland
materialsReusedFor buildings in St Andrews
near North Sea coast
St Andrews Castle
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Crown
partOf historic centre of St Andrews
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
roofRemovedIn late 16th century
significance major medieval pilgrimage destination in Scotland
principal medieval church of Scotland
status ruined
sufferedDamageDuring Scottish Reformation
touristAttraction yes
wasLargestChurchIn Scotland
wasMajorPilgrimageCentreFor relics of Saint Andrew
width approximately 50 metres

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St Andrews Harbour adjacentTo St Andrews Cathedral
this entity surface form: St Andrews Cathedral precinct
Bishopric of St Andrews cathedralStatus St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews hasLandmark St Andrews Cathedral
East Sands hasNearbyAttraction St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews Castle locatedNear St Andrews Cathedral
St Rule's Tower partOf St Andrews Cathedral
Bishopric of St Andrews seat St Andrews Cathedral
this entity surface form: Cathedral of St Andrews