S-Tiles - Cattedrale St. Patrick, Armagh

	[St. Patrick Cathedral]
	Name: St. Patrick Cathedral		Design: P&B Gregory Architects, Belfast. Area presbiterio: Rooney & McConville Architects, Belfast
	Destination of use: religious building		Manufacturer: Floor Gres
	City: Armagh		Ceramic Materials: porcelain tiles, Progetto, Chromtech and Chromwork series
	Country: Irlanda del Nord
	Type of intervention: paving
	Costumers: Arma Tile
	Year of completion: 2003
	The Project
	Armagh was designated by St. Patrick as the ecclesiastical centre of Ireland. There are two superb (rival) cathedrals in the city, both dedicated to St. Patrick. St. Patrick's Cathedral (Anglican Protestant) is a 19th century restoration of a 13th century building designed by Archbishop O'Scanlon; the site is considered by tradition to be where St. Patrick constructed the original church in 445. The second of the cathedrals of Armagh, the Roman Catholic Cathedral, is sited on a hill to compete with the older Church of Ireland Cathedral. This cathedral has a chequered history with many architects involved. Thomas Duff of Newry commenced the original building in 1840 in a 16th century gothic idiom. This was stopped due to the famine. It was started again in 1850 by J.J. McCarthy is his favoured 14th century gothic and completed in 1873. The exterior of the cathedral is quite austere. Despite the twin spires on the main front, the exterior has none of the decoration associated with other cathedrals being built in Ireland at this time. The main external decoration is an arcade of statues over the main doorway as well as a large window.