21.   It is a city rich in architectural monuments, ranging from the spectacular Gothic cathedral to magnificently preserved buildings from each of the past five centuries.

22.   Its splendid fortified port assured its wealth, attracting artisans who built its magnificent Gothic cathedral and artists like Pieter Bruegel the Elder who amplified its reputation.

23.   Like Gothic cathedrals looming over medieval cities, these edifices dominated immigrant neighborhoods.

24.   Now people study the charred metal and see a Roman coliseum, a Gothic cathedral, a ship, a bird in flight, a hand reaching to heaven.

25.   The custodians of the Volklingen Hutte like to compare its towering blast furnaces to the spires of a Gothic cathedral.

26.   The funeral was very much an official Washington event, with advance teams scurrying about the Gothic cathedral finding seats for dignitaries and officeholders, all carrying engraved invitations.

27.   The Gothic cathedral was designed to inspire awe and thoughts of transcendence.

28.   The interest the trip kindled in me was not for Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance art.

29.   The subjects of his books included Japanese lanterns, Gothic cathedrals and places like Spain, Morocco, Tibet, Istanbul and India.

30.   The terrifying but graceful facades of the towers, which remained standing like some Gothic cathedral amid the ruins, had to be saved, the committee immediately agreed.