Durham Castle and Cathedral World Heritage Site

Official name

Durham Castle and Cathedral | UNESCO

Country

United Kingdom | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

County of Durham, England
54.7747° Lat, -1.5761° Lon | Map

Code

370

Time Zone

Europe/London (BST, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1986. Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries to house the relics of St Cuthbert (evangelizer of Northumbria) and the Venerable Bede. It attests to the importance of the early Benedictine monastic community and is the largest and finest example of Norman architecture in England. The innovative audacity of its vaulting foreshadowed Gothic architecture. Behind the cathedral stands the castle, an ancient Norman fortress which was the residence of the prince-bishops of Durham.