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2-2 Project ProposalA cultural work I would like to discuss is the St. George’s Cathedral . On November 8, 1894,
the cathedral was completed and consecrated. St. George's Cathedral, with its 143-foot-high tower, was
the world's highest wooden church at the time. It retained the record until the completion of the 246-
foot-tall Peri Monastery near Săpânţa in northern Romania in 2003. The stately interior of the new St.
George's Cathedral, complete with Gothic arches, clustered columns, and flying buttresses, soon began
to fill with an array of donated artifacts, which today reflect the cathedral's history as well as Guyana's
colonial past. Mrs. Manget presented the finely carved Bishop's Throne in honor of the Bishop's Jubilee.
The brass eagle-shaped lectern was donated by the Diocese of Barbados. The iron pulpit comes from the
Howell-Jones family, owners of the Houston Sugar Estate. Other philanthropists gave the great east
windows and other stained-glass windows, while Chinese Christians donated the sedilia. Queen Victoria
even demonstrated her support for the cathedral by contributing the big chandelier that can still be
seen in St. George's.
The characteristic that stands out to me, is its distinctive wooden construction, St. George's
Cathedral is a significant and well-loved landmark in the Guyanese capital of Georgetown not only
because most locals agree that it is the city's most impressive structure, but because anyone with an eye
for history can see how the cathedral is a window into Guyana's colonial past.
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