One of the buildings that will undoubtedly catch your attention on your walk through the city. Fifth Avenue de New York It will be the St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Located between the 50th and 51st streets, you will have no problem finding it because it is located in front of the complex of Rockefeller Center skyscraper, one of the icons of the city, and where the Top of the Rock viewpoint, from where you have the best panoramic views of New York.
I remind you that in said skyscraper complex is where every year a big christmas tree in front of a very busy rink.
According to the St. Patrick's Cathedral, its architectural style and its high towers, with a manifest style neo-gothic, will allow you to recognize the great New York Catholic Cathedral.
When you are in front of the building, you may have a strange feeling.
Is it a large cathedral due to its dimensions? ¿What is the height of the towers of St. Patrick's Cathedral?
This is because when it was built in 1858, the building was built with the purpose of its towers dominating the New York sky, but now it is surrounded by impressive skyscrapers that minimize the dimensions of the Catholic cathedral.
The truth is that the beaks towers of St. Patrick's Cathedral They are more than 100 meters high, although it is difficult to appreciate due to their location between the aforementioned skyscrapers.
The interior of the building was renovated between 1927 and 1931, a time when the great organ that you can see during your visit, and also the area of the high altar, installing a large bronze canopy.
What to see when visiting St. Patrick's Cathedral
When I visited her St. Patrick's Cathedral during my last trip to New York, the facades were covered with scaffolding in a task of cleaning the white marble stones with which it is built.
Compared to my previous visit in which the exterior of the building showed a grayish tone, on this last trip the luminous white was already visible in the peaks of the towers, which had already been cleaned.
La St. Patrick's Cathedral It is one of the places that you can see in Minibus Tour of Upper and Lower Manhattan, with a guide in Spanish and a duration of three and a half hours
This restoration also affected the interior of the cathedral, where the protagonists were the large scaffolding, but it was already completed throughout 2015, so now you will surely be able to see a splendorous cathedral during your visit.
St. Patrick's Cathedral schedule in New York
The Visiting hours of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York They are in this time of pandemic, Monday to Friday, from 6,30:2 a.m. to 7,30 p.m.; on Saturdays, from 6,30:9 a.m. to 5:XNUMX p.m.; and on Sundays, from XNUMX in the morning to XNUMX in the afternoon.
In any case, given the changes there are, here you can consult the Updated visiting hours for St. Patrick's Cathedral.
If you are interested, here you can consult the Mass schedules at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
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