Salisbury Cathedral - Still Impressive After 800 Years

A visit to Salisbury Cathedral, my first time back to Salisbury since I was a kid. Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire is an early English Gothic cathedral which was constructed over 38 years from 1220 to 1258. The spire is 404 feet tall and since 1549 it has been the tallest church spire in the UK. The tallest spire was at Lincoln Cathedral but this collapsed in 1549, lucky Salisbury escaped the same fate. However, the columns of the central crossing are bowed and the spire does tilt southeast by around 27 i
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