23.10.2018
HISTORY
.Its origins go back to the year 742, when the relics of the Apostle Saint Andrew
(often referred to as St Andrews Cathedral) is a ruined Roman Catholic cathedral in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was built in 1158 and became the centre of the Medieval Catholic Church in Scotland as the seat of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and the Bishops and Archbishops of St Andrews.
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It fell into disuse and ruin after the Catholic mass was banned during the Scottish Reformation of the sixteenth century. It is currently a monument in the custody of historic Scotland. The ruins indicate that the building was approximately 119 m (390 ft) long and is the largest church that has been built in Scotland.
DATA
1) It was the first church that was built in this region was called St. Mary on the Rocks (Santa Maria de las Rocas in Spanish).
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2) In 1140 the church of St. Rules was founded by a community of Augustinians and its tower is used as a viewpoint in the present to admire the Scottish coast
3)In 1160 the bishop of San Andrés promoted the construction of a great cathedral.
IT WAS DESTROYED
BY VARIOUS EVENTS,
BUT ONE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE WAS THE PROTESTANT REFORM.
1) Before it was completed, in the year 1270 its west side was destroyed by a sudden gust of cold wind.
2) In 1378 the church caught fire and was rebuilt.
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3) For 1409 a storm undid the south side of the church.
4) la catedral fue destruida casi en su totalidad. Las piedras de las ruinas fueron reutilizadas para varias obras civiles en San Andrés.