Day 1: The Early Years (Late 1800s – 1919)
Activity 1: St Joseph’s Cathedral 
At the turn of the century, there was a great deal of construction happening in New Zealand. Many of the new British settlers wanted to build homes and community meeting places, such as churches. One of the largest buildings to be constructed during this period was St Joseph’s Cathedral in Dunedin.
St Joseph’s Cathedral is just one of hundreds of beautiful cathedrals around the world.
Use your search engine to find a picture of another famous cathedral. Post a picture of the cathedral on your blog. Underneath the picture tell us: the name of the cathedral, where the cathedral is located, when it was built, and how long it took to build.
This is Saint Patricks Cathedral. It is located in town, 43 Wyndham street. I did some deeper searching into this and found out that at first the church was made out of wood. Then in 1848 they made it out of stone. I couldn't find out how long it actually took it build the cathedral, but I did find out that the completed cathedral was reopened on April 21st 1907.
Hey there Annalisa, thanks for sharing a picture of your chosen cathedral and also a few interesting facts about it. It's awesome that you did some additional research and discovered that it was the first cathedral made using wood. I wonder how they rebuilt it in stone, that sounds like an extremely difficult task.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what it looks like on the inside. Have you seen any pictures?
Thanks, Billy