Building the Great Cathedrals

These skyscrapers of stone dominated skylines for nearly a thousand years. Now, a team of scholars and builders investigates how they we went up, and why some of the tallest fell down. Embedded in stone and stained glass, they uncover a hidden mathematical code — ripped from pages of the Bible — that was used as a blueprint to build the great Gothic Cathedrals.

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Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

1966

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1956

Cologne Cathedral: The French Cathedral on the Rhine

Cologne Cathedral: The French Cathedral on the Rhine

2024

Beato, el Origen del Xacobeo

Beato, el Origen del Xacobeo

2023

David Macaulay: Cathedral

David Macaulay: Cathedral

1986

Pilgrim's Way

Pilgrim's Way

1956

Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar

Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar

2018

Secrets of Sacred Architecture

Secrets of Sacred Architecture

2022

Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral

1951

Au cœur de Notre-Dame

Au cœur de Notre-Dame

2011

Sur les pas de Marie

Sur les pas de Marie

2022

One Summer in Somerset

One Summer in Somerset

1968

Cathedrals

Cathedrals

2014

Great Peter of York

Great Peter of York

1927

Splendour of the Heavens

Splendour of the Heavens

1962

Rodez

Rodez

2017

The builders’ challenge

The builders’ challenge

2012

St. Andrew's Wells

St. Andrew's Wells

1920

Katedrála zázrakov

2023

Cathedral - Ethereal Reflections (Documentary)

Cathedral - Ethereal Reflections (Documentary)

2009