Westminster Cathedral

Westminster Cathedral is the mother temple of a Catholic church in Great Britain. It was built in the Neo-Byzantine style at the turn of the century. Attention is drawn to the marble altar 11 m high and 9.5 m wide. Above it is a decorative roof supported by eight columns of yellow marble. Columns of white and pink marble support the gallery with organs.

Construction of the cathedral lasted from 1895 to 1903, while the church had to wait another seven years for consecration. In 1977, a symbolic visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the cathedral took place. It was the first time since the Reformation when the English monarch, who was the head of the Anglican church, appeared in a Catholic church.

The cathedral is sometimes confused with Westminster Abbey, which lies in the same district. However, while the cathedral is a Catholic temple, the abbey is subject to the Anglican church.