Glasgow Cathedral

Visited April 2015: «Mesh of history»
The Cathedral was in an area near other churches, a Necropolis, Hospital, and what seemed to be dorm rooms/​halls for a university. It is dark Gothic architecture. It is also one of the few Scottish medieval churches (and the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland) to have survived the Reformation not unroofed. We checked out the Cathedral in 30 minutes, including the crypt. There was a tour going on and it was discussing the tomb in the crypt — St Mungo. Other burials to check out: Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow; James Law, Archbishop of Glasgow (1615 – 1632); Peter Lowe (surgeon), (1550 – 1610) doctor and medical author; Charles Macintosh, inventor of the MacKintosh. We then walked a portion of the Necropolis before heading back to our car before the meter ran out.

Glasgow Cathedral is a beautiful cathedral in the city center. It’s a pretty standard European cathedral in many ways, with the stone exterior, stained glass windows, and wood paneling up front.
One thing that set it aside though, was that downstairs there is a smaller chapel, which does include some history about the cathedral, including how it sustained even after the Scottish Reformation.
I would recommend browsing around this free cathedral, and also taking the easy walk down the path next to it to see the cemetery (Necropolis) up the hill.

First time I’ve ever been inside courtesy of my school’s Memorial Service. Deceptively large building, going far deeper than you would at first expect.
The stained glass windows are magnificent and it appears that a lot of the original stonework is still present.
I’m not religious in the slightest, but appreciate the effort that would have gone into designing, crafting and constructing a building such as this, especially the thick end of 1000 years ago.

Die Glasgow Cathedral ist schon allein durch ihre Grösse beeindruckend. …und was ist mit den inneren Werten? Sorry, kann ich nicht beschreiben, sehts Euch an. Da Glasgow ja nicht sooooo viel zu bieten hat sollte ein Besuch in dieser Kathedrale eigentlich Pflicht sein. Nur so viel sei gesagt: Nicht nur nach oben, sondern ab und an auch mal auf den Boden sehen!

Glasgow Cathedral, also known as St Mungo’s or St Kentigern’s Chathedral is a lovely gothic building located north of High Street in suprisingly, Glasgow. The building itself is impressive and rather lovely.
The site is the buirial place of St Mungo (the patron saint of Glasgow). The cathedral in now in the care of the Church of Scotland although was originaly a Catholic cathedral.
Steeped in history and worth a visit.

A lovely cathedral, has lots of little chapels bulit in honour of people who were bishops, priests, ministers etc. It has a lot of history with the tomb of St Mungo who brought Christainity to the Glasgow area. Currently under restoration. Pay a visit to the gift shop for a sovenir. Perfect for someone who loves to study religion and churches.