The brick Gothic cathedral on Kneiphof island in the Pregolya River was built as the see of the Prince-Bishops of Samland. Construction began about 1330 and it was largely complete by 1380. The article names no architect, and says oak piles were driven into the marshy ground first. It is 290 feet (88.5 m) long, and the infobox gives a height of 105.4 feet (32.14 m).
It originally had two spires on the west front. A fire in 1544 destroyed both, the south spire was rebuilt and the north was replaced by a gable roof. British raids in late August 1944 hit the cathedral, and it stood as a burnt-out shell until reconstruction began in 1992.
Surviving features include choir murals of the 14th and 15th centuries and a statue of Albert, Duke of Prussia, from 1570. Friedrich Lahrs designed Kant's present mausoleum, finished in 1924. Today it has Lutheran and Russian Orthodox chapels, a museum and concerts.
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