Westminster Cathedral

Ode to Byzantine architecture

Address:

42 Francis Street - Hyde Park
SW1P 1QW - Westminster/St James
London

Nearest Bus or Train:

Victoria

Open Hours:

Uptil 7p M-Su

This Early Byzantine-styled Catholic Cathedral, designed by Victorian architect John Francis Bentley and completed in 1903, is set off the main road across a small piazza. A fine marble interior and many beautiful mosaics in a resplendent fusion of blue hues top the impressive high altar, behind which the choir sits. The dramatically suspended, huge painted crucifix is well worth visiting. Sung High Mass is a majestic experience with incense and a whole legion of altar servers. The Bell Tower, at 273ft high, is an excellent vantage point from which to view London and you can also take a lift to the top of it everyday from 9a to 5p.

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