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ID: 700002929
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002929
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Ely Cathedral (cathedral (building); unknown Anglo-Saxon architect; 1083-1375; Ely (Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe, World,...)
Note: The present structure dates from 1081. It includes Romanesque and Norman architecture. It features a central octagonal tower, two transepts, and an unfinished West tower.
Titles:
Ely Cathedral (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
cathedral (work by context) [300007501] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, churches (buildings), <church buildings by location or context>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1083-1375

Creator Display:
unknown Anglo-Saxon architect [preferred,VP]
unknown Anglo-Saxon (Anglo-Saxon cultural designation) [500354814]
Locations:
Current: Ely [7012190] Cambridgeshire (county), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 52.398611 N, 0.264167 E
Display Materials: stone
stone (worked rock) [300011176]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: 163.7 meters long, 66m high, 21.9m high at nave, 2 towers: 66m, 52m
Cultures:
Norman (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Romanesque [300020768] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))
Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)
religion and mythology

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Ely Cathedral........ [JPGM,VP]
........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 50049380
........ Illustrated Historical Handbook of Ely Cathedral (1890)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Illustrated Historical Handbook of Ely Cathedral (1890)
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