by The Cathedral of Saint Paul in Saint Paul, Minn., popped on my radar for its architecture, and it is indeed lovely both inside and out. We were able to run in quickly for a visit before touring the James J. Hill House just across the street.
It is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and it sits on Cathedral Hill. It was completed in 1915 (though interior work continued for the next 25 years), and is the third-largest Catholic cathedral in the United States (it can seat 3,000 worshippers!).
It was designed in the French Beaux-Arts style, and according to the cathedral’s website was “inspired by the churches and cathedrals of France.”
Its copper-clad dome is 120 feet in diameter (on the outside), and it has a 30-foot tall lantern atop, making the Cathedral soar 306 feet tall.
There are 24 stained glass windows plus four rose windows, filling the interior with light.
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