page_title: Lincoln Cathedral
section_title: Gallery
hierarchical_section_title: Lincoln Cathedral / Gallery
caption_attribution_description: English: Lincoln Cathedral Choirs
context_page_description: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Construction commenced in 1072 and continued in several phases throughout the High Middle Ages. Like many of the medieval cathedrals of England it was built in the Early Gothic style.
  Although considered doubtful by some, many historians claim it was the tallest building in the world for 238 years, if so the first building to hold that title after the Great Pyramid of Giza. The central spire collapsed in 1548 and was not rebuilt. Had the central spire remained intact, Lincoln Cathedral would have remained the world's tallest structure until the completion of the Eiffel Tower in 1889. For hundreds of years the cathedral held one of the four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta, now securely displayed in Lincoln Castle. The cathedral is the fourth largest in the UK at around 5,000 square metres, after Liverpool, St Paul's and York Minster.
caption: Lincoln Cathedral Choirs
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