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Durham Cathedral

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Durham Cathedral has been voted one of the world's great cultural buildings and it is truly impressive. Begun by the Normans shortly after the conquest of England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, high on a steep hill almost completely encircled by the River Wear, with the quaint cobbled streets of the old town cascading down to the bridges. Durham Cathedral grows on you with every visit. Durham is fortunate in having the preserved remains of St. Cuthbert, holy saint from the Lindisfarne Islands off the wild Northumbrian coast, the earliest Christian Abbey of the evangelical revival that took place in the north of England in the early 7th century. Around Cuthbert's neck was found a simple, wonderful jewelled cross, with gold enamelled with garnets.