8th Grade Webpage

Structural Facts

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  • seats about 2,200 people
  • the baldachin over the main altar is solid bronze
  • Saint Patrick's Cathedral is the largest gothic-style Catholic Cathedral in the United States.

Exterior

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  • Saint Patrick's Cathedral is made of white marble and stone.
  • The width is 274ft.
  • The exterior length is about 405ft.
  • The spires are 330ft. above street level
  • The cathedral does not contain many gargoyles or sculptures on the outside, but has many statues and sculptures on the inside.
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral doesn't have any flying buttresses.
  • The cathedral does follow the general layout of a gothic cathedral.

Interior

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    • Inside the cathedral there are many altars and statues, which are also made od white marble and stone. 
    • The stained glass windows were created by artists in Chatres, France/ Birmingham, England/ and Boston, Massachusetts.
    • The baldchin over the main altar is made of solid bronze.
    • The cathedral containes a nave, an apse, an ambulatory, spires, gargoyles, a rose window, transepts and a choir.