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The cathedral was built between 1868 and 1904 to a design of the English, gothic-revival architect, George Gilbert Scott. He was said to have been inspired by a visit to the Great Barn at Harmondsworth (see the photograph in the second comment). At 1.15pm local time on Monday 21 February 2011 Christchurch was struck by the second earthquake within 6 months. The first had resulted in widespread damage but no deaths. The cathedral remained intact. But the second earthquake has devasted the city and resulted in at least 65 deaths. The spire which we climbed up in January 2006 has gone. Many other buildings, even though they were built to withstand earthquakes, have suffered major damage. Some are flattened. The photo in the comment below shows the Cathedral soon after the earthquake. Robert Cutts, 15:15 GMT, 22 February 2011 On 2 March 2012, just over a year after the cathedral was desecrated, it was announced that the cost of restoration would be prohibitively high much and that the building would therefore be demolished. In August 2013 a cardboard cathedral was opened at a cost of NZ$5.9 million to replace the old cathedral. |
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| Author | Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Robert Cutts (pandrcutts) at https://flickr.com/photos/21678559@N06/2603214755. It was reviewed on 17 July 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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