The structure is Romanesque with Byzantine elements. Designed by architect C. Grant La Farge, it is shaped like a Latin
cross and seats about 950 persons. The interior is richly decorated in marble and semiprecious stones, notably a 35-foot
mosaic of Matthew created by Edwin Howland Blashfield. Both structural and decorative features underwent extensive
restoration starting in 2000 and ending September 21, 2003, the Feast day of St. Matthew. The cathedral drew world
attention on November 25, 1963, when a recited (not sung) Pontifical Requiem Low Mass was offered by Richard Cardinal
Cushing, Archbishop of Boston and a Kennedy family friend, during the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy.
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle is a tourist attraction, one of the Historic districts in Washington, አሜሪካ. It is located: 19 km from Arlington, 170 km from Baltimore, 600 km from Philadelphia. Read further
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