Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity - the old cathedral in the city center of Bristol in the UK. In 1140 there was founded the Abbey of Augustinian monks. The first abbey church from which are now preserved only fragments, was built between 1140 and 1148 years. In the period 1148-1164 were built extant chapter-house and the two gate towers. At the beginning of the XIII century it was built a few buildings, and at the end of the century began to build a new abbey church decorated in the style of English Gothic.

Construction was interrupted almost a hundred years, and only in the XV century, was completed transept and central tower. During the church reforms of Henry VIII, when many monasteries were dissolved and destroyed churches, this church became a cathedral contrary, since Bristol diocese was formed. The new cathedral was consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity.

In the XIX century fascination with the Gothic Revival style symbolized the revival of interest in the architectural heritage of Britain. The Gothic Revival style built new buildings and restored the old ones. During this period, it built a new nave of the cathedral, which is perfectly in harmony with the eastern part of the ancient temple western towers were completed in 1888 - that is, the cathedral was built about 750 years!

The architecture of the cathedral in many ways unique and unusual. Between the towers is a large window-rose, characteristic for most of the French and Spanish Gothic, rather than British. The cathedral is an example of so-called basal church where the nave, choir and chapels - the same height, which is also unusual for British architecture.

The cathedral kept the lamp, made in 1450 and brought here from the demolished church of the Knights Templar.