Select the correct text in the passage. Which sentence in the passage best shows that the National Cathedral is a marvelous structure? The National Cathedral The National Cathedral, completed in 1990, is the culmination of a two-century-long plan for a majestic Gothic style cathedral. This richly decorated cathedral is located on a landscaped 57 acre plot of land on Mount Saint Albans in Northwest Washington, DC, 400 feet above sea level. The cathedral consists of a long narrow rectangular mass, the eight bay nave, and the five bay chancel, intersected by a six bay transept.1Above the crossing, rising just over 300 feet above grade, is the Gloria in Excelsis Tower. The Cathedral is the sixth-largest in the world, second largest in the United States. The top of the tower is the highest point in Washington, DC. The one-story porch projecting from the south transept has a large portal with a carved tympanum2. This portal is approached by the Pilgrim Steps, a long flight of steps 40 feet wide. The primary building material is gray Indiana limestone; some concrete and structural steel are used sparingly. The building abounds in architectural sculpture, wood carving, leaded glass, mosaics, artistic metal work, and many other works of art, including over 200 stained glass windows. Most of the decorative elements have Christian symbolism or are memorials to famous persons or events. On January 4, 1792, descriptions from President Washington's disclosed plan for the "City of Washington, in the district of Columbia" were published in The Gazette of the United States, Philadelphia. Lot "D," which is north of what is now the National Mall, was set aside as a building site and designated for "a church intended for national purposes, ...assigned to the special use of no particular sect or denomination, but equally open to all." The National Portrait Gallery now occupies that site. A century later in 1891, a meeting was held to revive plans to build the church intended for national purposes. In 1893, the Protest
