I'm leaving for Guyana August 8th. Each weekday, I'll post some information about the country.
St. George's Cathedral
St. George's Cathedral in Georgetown (source)
As mentioned yesterday, St. George's Cathedral is in Georgetown. From a small church originally built around 1810, the wooden cathedral was completed in 1894. It is claimed that the cathedral is the world's tallest freestanding wooden building.
The cathedral is Gothic in style, and the majority of the wood used in construction was sourced in the country (though North American pitchpine was imported for the ceilings). The building still serves its original purpose as a functioning Anglican church.
Like all wooden buildings, fire poses a great threat to the cathedral. Georgetown has lost many historical wooden buildings to fires.
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