ChristChurch Cathedral
Quake-shattered Gothic Revival Anglican cathedral on the central square, now being rebuilt in stages.
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This guide to ChristChurch Cathedral in Christchurch begins in Cathedral Square just before one in the afternoon on the twenty-second of February, 2011, with the cathedral's dean and a young woman who has just come down from the tower. It follows the days of waiting that came after, as the city's rescuers worked elsewhere. Stand facing the hoardings on the square, where the tower once rose.
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