| Many also come to visit ethereal Gothic cathedrals, millennial monasteries and imposing medieval castles en route. |
| Yet many of these cathedrals looked grander than they were, and design faults, or perhaps jerry-building, caused a number of fiascos. |
| The medieval cathedrals were bound by the necessities of load-bearing walls to be narrow, to push in as they pulled up. |
| Plus, back home she has handed out the Royal Maundy in so many of the cathedrals in England and Wales that one wonders which ones she's missed? |
| Not far away, and altogether more appealing, is the abandoned Portuguese city of Old Goa, now a dramatic collection of cathedrals and basilicas. |
| Light radiated through the gorgeous stained glass of medieval cathedrals and glimmered in arcaded loggias. |
