{"id":80792,"date":"2026-10-09T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/?p=80792"},"modified":"2026-10-09T05:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:56:17","slug":"cathedrale-saint-georges-georgetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/cathedrale-saint-georges-georgetown\/","title":{"rendered":"Cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown, 43,5 m\u00e8tres de bois apr\u00e8s la brique"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"80792\" class=\"elementor elementor-80792\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64c3680 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64c3680\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b69d398\" data-id=\"b69d398\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bdf07f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bdf07f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown, au Guyana, mesure environ 43,5 m\u00e8tres et elle est construite en bois. Consacr\u00e9e le 8 novembre 1894, elle succ\u00e8de \u00e0 une cath\u00e9drale de brique, achev\u00e9e en 1842, dont la tour \u00e9tait jug\u00e9e trop lourde pour ses fondations. Son histoire est celle d&#8217;un \u00e9difice de greenheart, un bois dur du Guyana, que le dioc\u00e8se doit encore prot\u00e9ger.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64efad6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64efad6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>En janvier 2015, le doyen Paul Andrew Carto, recteur de la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown, au Guyana, avertissait que les ennuis de l&#8217;\u00e9difice ne se r\u00e9gleraient pas avec des barbecues et des ventes de g\u00e2teaux. La phrase dit tout l&#8217;enjeu de ce monument. \u00c0 Georgetown, l&#8217;\u00e9glise anglicane Saint-Georges est un grand monument de bois de 43,5 m\u00e8tres, et le bois demande un entretien sans rel\u00e2che.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15a864d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15a864d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-627c87d\" data-id=\"627c87d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c7d02c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c7d02c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges, 43,5 m\u00e8tres de bois \u00e0 Georgetown<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1396894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1396894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown, capitale du Guyana, se dresse sur Church Street et mesure environ 43,5 m\u00e8tres, soit 143 pieds. La liste indicative de l&#8217;UNESCO donne 43,59 m\u00e8tres et pr\u00e9cise que l&#8217;\u00e9difice est en bois, \u00e0 l&#8217;exception de basses fondations en ma\u00e7onnerie. Le bois principal est le greenheart, un bois dur et durable du pays. Du pitch pine import\u00e9 d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique du Nord s&#8217;y ajoute pour le plafond.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9e5d27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9e5d27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Le Guyana prot\u00e8ge la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown depuis avril 2001, date de son classement comme monument national. Le pays l&#8217;a aussi inscrite, le 15 novembre 1995, sur sa <a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/fr\/listesindicatives\/272\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">liste indicative du patrimoine mondial de l&#8217;UNESCO<\/a>, au titre du crit\u00e8re (i), celui du chef-d&#8217;\u0153uvre du g\u00e9nie cr\u00e9ateur humain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e59f9ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e59f9ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca709a6\" data-id=\"ca709a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff2b01c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff2b01c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26-1024x593.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80799\" alt=\"St. George&apos;s Cathedral in Georgetown seen from the side, with its tower and white wooden walls under a blue sky\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26-1024x593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-26.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ad2e35\" data-id=\"0ad2e35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2adef5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2adef5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-28-1024x591.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80807\" alt=\"Guyanese 100-dollar banknote with St. George&apos;s Cathedral in Georgetown engraved on the back\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-28-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-28-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-28-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-28.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-305b925 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"305b925\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31144d2\" data-id=\"31144d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3901fbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3901fbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quand la brique a c\u00e9d\u00e9<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58892d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58892d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00c0 Georgetown, les offices anglicans commencent en 1796. Sur le site de l&#8217;actuelle \u00e9glise Saint-Georges, une premi\u00e8re chapelle est b\u00e2tie au d\u00e9but du XIXe si\u00e8cle. Une cath\u00e9drale en brique lui succ\u00e8de, achev\u00e9e en 1842, l&#8217;ann\u00e9e de la cr\u00e9ation du dioc\u00e8se de Guyane. L&#8217;\u00e9v\u00eaque William Piercy Austin, premier \u00e9v\u00eaque du dioc\u00e8se, la consacre. Sa tour occidentale est jug\u00e9e trop lourde pour ses fondations. La cath\u00e9drale de brique de Georgetown est ensuite d\u00e9mont\u00e9e, apr\u00e8s un d\u00e9faut structurel. L&#8217;ann\u00e9e exacte de cette d\u00e9molition n&#8217;est pas \u00e9tablie. En 1877, la paroisse de Saint-Georges s&#8217;installe dans une \u00e9glise provisoire, la pro-cath\u00e9drale, sur les pelouses du Deanery, \u00e0 Georgetown.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b6ba5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b6ba5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-32-1024x487.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80823\" alt=\"St. George&apos;s Cathedral in Georgetown seen from the street, behind power lines\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-32-1024x487.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-32-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-32-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-32.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8897036 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8897036\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cd0a67\" data-id=\"3cd0a67\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7e7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blomfield, l'architecte qui n'est jamais venu<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009ce93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"009ce93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Les plans de la nouvelle cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown viennent d&#8217;Angleterre. Leur auteur, Sir Arthur Blomfield, n&#8217;est jamais venu en Guyane britannique. Ses dessins se r\u00e9v\u00e8lent impraticables, et l&#8217;\u00e9glise b\u00e2tie entre 1889 et 1892 prend une forme gothique, avec arcs, colonnes group\u00e9es et arcs-boutants, construite surtout en greenheart.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8861772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8861772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-31-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80819\" alt=\"Nave of St. George&apos;s Cathedral in Georgetown, with its wooden framework and wooden pews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-31-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-31-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-31-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-31.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e702e3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e702e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La pierre de fondation de la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown est pos\u00e9e le 21 novembre 1889. L&#8217;\u00e9difice ouvre au culte le 24 ao\u00fbt 1892, encore inachev\u00e9. L&#8217;\u00e9v\u00eaque William Proctor Swaby le consacre le 8 novembre 1894. Certaines publications guyaniennes donnent 1899 comme ann\u00e9e d&#8217;ach\u00e8vement, une date que les sources officielles ne reprennent pas. Le titre de plus haut \u00e9difice en bois reste disput\u00e9. On lit plus haut b\u00e2timent en bois de l&#8217;h\u00e9misph\u00e8re occidental, plus haut du monde entier, ou plus grande \u00e9glise en bois du monde. Ces formulations ne se recoupent pas, et l&#8217;\u00e9difice de Georgetown n&#8217;a pas besoin d&#8217;elles pour rester singulier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-177662f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"177662f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a43478\" data-id=\"4a43478\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02ac8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c02ac8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-29-754x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80811\" alt=\"Stained-glass window in St. George&apos;s Cathedral in Georgetown with Moses holding the tablets of the Law\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-29-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-29-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-29-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-29.jpg 943w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36267fc\" data-id=\"36267fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7070bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7070bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-30-682x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80815\" alt=\"Painted pipes of the organ of St. George&apos;s Cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-30-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-30-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-30-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-30.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2aca2c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2aca2c4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40b2c90\" data-id=\"40b2c90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0f456 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec0f456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges, une restauration et un toit en attente<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-301c00c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"301c00c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>En 2015, le doyen Paul Andrew Carto juge n\u00e9cessaire une r\u00e9habilitation compl\u00e8te de l&#8217;\u00e9glise Saint-Georges, apr\u00e8s 121 ans d&#8217;existence et de r\u00e9parations. Le doyen signale aussi, la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, une inondation en saison des pluies qui menace les fondations. Un cabinet d&#8217;architectes de la Grenade, TVA Consultancy, avait \u00e9valu\u00e9 l&#8217;\u00e9difice, et sa structure avait \u00e9t\u00e9 jug\u00e9e saine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0a123e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0a123e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La restauration de la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown est lanc\u00e9e le 26 avril 2015 sous l&#8217;\u00e9v\u00eaque Cornell Moss. Les travaux d\u00e9marrent en 2017. Les murs ext\u00e9rieurs et int\u00e9rieurs, le sous-sol et le plafond sont restaur\u00e9s, et l&#8217;installation \u00e9lectrique est reprise. La phase principale s&#8217;ach\u00e8ve le 17 octobre 2020. Le greenheart de remplacement vient de la for\u00eat d&#8217;Iwokrama, <a href=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/chutes-de-kaieteur-guyana-226-metres\/\">au centre du Guyana<\/a>. Le chantier co\u00fbte plus de 200 millions, dont 177 millions viennent du dioc\u00e8se du Guyana et du Suriname, selon l&#8217;\u00e9v\u00eaque Charles Davidson en 2020. La devise n&#8217;est pas pr\u00e9cis\u00e9e ici.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e451a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e451a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00c0 la fin des travaux, Carlton Joao, cadre de Banks DIH, entreprise qui soutient le chantier, se disait \u00ab aujourd&#8217;hui un fier Guyanien \u00bb. Le chroniqueur Ian McDonald, qui conna\u00eet le b\u00e2timent depuis 65 ans, \u00e9crit qu&#8217;il \u00ab brille pour Dieu et pour les hommes \u00bb. Le toit principal de la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges, lui, n&#8217;\u00e9tait pas inclus. En novembre 2020, l&#8217;\u00e9v\u00eaque Davidson l&#8217;\u00e9valuait \u00e0 environ 150 millions et esp\u00e9rait des dons, tandis que le <a href=\"https:\/\/ntg.gov.gy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National Trust of Guyana<\/a> attendait le budget national 2021 pour fixer sa contribution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc47cf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc47cf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00c0 Georgetown, la question du doyen Carto en 2015 n&#8217;a pas fini de se poser. Qui financera, ann\u00e9e apr\u00e8s ann\u00e9e, pour que ces 43,5 m\u00e8tres de greenheart tiennent debout ?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-989bc24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"989bc24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c79071a\" data-id=\"c79071a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5819d7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5819d7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Questions fr\u00e9quentes sur la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9a019c elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"e9a019c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2441\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2441\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Quelle est la hauteur de la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2441\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2441\"><p>La cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown mesure environ 43,5 m\u00e8tres, soit 143 pieds. La liste indicative de l&#8217;UNESCO donne 43,59 m\u00e8tres. Elle est en bois, sur de basses fondations en ma\u00e7onnerie.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2442\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2442\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Qui a con\u00e7u la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2442\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2442\"><p>Sir Arthur Blomfield, architecte britannique, a con\u00e7u la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown. Il n&#8217;est jamais venu en Guyane britannique.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2443\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2443\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Quand la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown a-t-elle \u00e9t\u00e9 consacr\u00e9e ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2443\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2443\"><p>L&#8217;\u00e9v\u00eaque William Proctor Swaby a consacr\u00e9 la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Georges de Georgetown le 8 novembre 1894. 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