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Cathedrals are the highest tier of vanity projects of one of the most powerful institutions in written history. It's little surprise that the makers knew the t
by willis936 2y ago
Cathedrals are the highest tier of vanity projects of one of the most powerful institutions in written history. It's little surprise that the makers knew the top three most import factors for real estate value: location, location, location.
Are they pointing to anything though?
- masswerk 2y agoCathedrals were erected by the townships and were indeed a major economic investment. They generally payed off well, giving raise to tourism (then known as pilgrimage) and elevating the status of the city, both with considerable effects on commerce. If you were a major town or city, or aspired to become one, you definitively wanted to build a cathedral. (And, as already pointed out by several other comments, none of these locations were cathedrals.)
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago> and elevating the status of the city Indeed, having a cathedral is a thing that can define a settlement as "a city". Source: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/what-makes-a-city/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/what-makes-a-city/
- ttepasse 2y agoAt its core a cathedral is just a church where the cathedra (the "throne" of a bishop) stands. Can be any size, take a look at Nin, Croatia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Cross,_Nin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Cross,_Nin
- mensetmanusman 2y agoHarvard has more wealth than the Vatican.