Skara Cathedral in Sweden took its current Gothic Revival form in the 1886 to 1894 restoration led by Helgo Zettervall, who gave the flat twin towers pointed Gothic spires. The article names no client, and the infobox lists no architect. The infobox gives the 11th century as founding and the 13th century for groundbreaking, but the text traces origins to the 10th century.
The cathedral is 213 feet (65 m) long, and the towers reach 207 feet (63 m). A baroque south facade was added in the 1760s. The article names no building materials. Bo Beskow made 37 mosaic stained glass windows between 1945 and 1976.
A medieval crypt was found in 1949 after being buried since the 13th century. No medieval windows have survived. It is the seat of the Bishop of Skara in the Church of Sweden. The article gives no hours.
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