Cathedral Basilica Of St Francis Pillows

The cathedral was built by Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy between 1869 and 1886 on the site of an older adobe church, La Parroquia (built in 1714–1717). An older church on the same site, built in 1626, was destroyed in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. A fictionalized account of the cathedral's origins is included in Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop.

The historic Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi Santa Fe is located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The historic Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi Santa Fe is located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The historic Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi Santa Fe is located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph (Spanish: Catedral Basílica de San José) is a large Roman Catholic church in Downtown San Jose, which serves as the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California, with the distinction of minor basilica. The basilica is named for Saint Joseph, patron saint of the Catholic Church and namesake of San Jose, California. Wikipedia

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The three magnificent buildings in the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy. On the left, the Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of St. John) - begun in 1296 and completed in 1436. On the right, the Campanile di Giotto (Giotto’s Bell Tower) - begun in 1334 and completed in 1359. In the centre, the cathedral church, the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) - begun in 1059 and completed in 1128. The exterior walls of all three buildings are faced in alternate vertical and horizontal bands of polychrome marble from Carrara (white), Prato (green), Siena (red), Lavenza and a few other places.