This panorama was taken from the nave of St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne. This image was taken at crossing of the nave, showing the view both down the length of the Cathedral and the transepts.

St Patrick's Cathedral - Melbourne visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'St Patrick's Cathedral' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Victoria.

St Patrick's Cathedral is the Catholic Cathedral in Melbourne. The land on which St Patrick's Cathedral stands was given to the church in 1801, only 12 years after the foundation of Melbourne.

St Patrick's was designed by William Wardell, Melbourne's foremost ecclesiastical architect who also designed St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. The cathedral was designed in Gothic Revival style similar to the Cathedral of St Stephen in Brisbane. This copied the favoured style of the large cathedrals in England like Salisbury Cathedral.

The foundation stone for the cathedral was laid in1858, and the nave was completed in 10 years, but the cathedral was not consecrated until 1897. It is made of bluestone, 104 metres long on its long axis, 56 metres wide across the transepts and 25 metres wide across the nave. The nave and transepts are 29 metres high. The central spire is 105 metres high and the flanking towers and spires are 62 metres high. St. Patrick's stands next to Fitzroy Square and just behind Parliament House.

St Patrick's Cathedral
Gisborne Street
East Melbourne, VIC 3002, Australia
+61 3 9662 2233

Train: Parliament House