A Gothic Cathedral has many characteristics that qualifies it as a Cathedral. These include stained glass windows, arches, flying buttresses, bishops chair, ribbed vaults, gargoyles, has to house a relic, and has to be built in the shape of a cross. I was most surprised to learn that so many characteristics were required to qualify a church as a Gothic Cathedral. The feature I was most surprised by was the fact that it has to be built in the shape of a cross. The pictures that went along with this were really neat and cool to see. I'm not sure you would even notice this shape unless you saw it from above. The most random feature to me was the gargoyles. I'm not sure how this relates to Gothic Cathedrals and it seems like such a minor feature.
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