The research paper will focus on the discussion of Gothic architecture in Europe, namely in England, France, Germany and Italy, from the 12th to the 16th century. Architecture was the most original and enduring art form of the Gothic period, which lasted four centuries from the mid-12th century. The impetus for this architecture was the Roman Catholic Church, which sought to represent its places of worship as something that transcended the realm of humanity. Interestingly, many areas of northern Europe were predominantly pagan and only recently admitted into the Church. The imagery provided by Gothic structural design was something these people could more easily understand, as they regularly used symbols in their pagan worship. These cathedrals were meant to inspire awe and awe in those who entered them, and for the average person in the Gothic period, these structures produced an intense experience. An evolution of the Romanesque, Gothic was a more eclectic application of architecture. The decline and ultimately fall of the Roman Empire left a void in Western Europe and for the first 500 years following the fall, anarchy and chaos reigned. This period is most often referred to as the "Dark Ages", as indeed it was. Around 1100 AD, the Catholic Church began to spread across Western Europe. A remnant of the Roman Empire, the Catholic Church has become integrated into almost every aspect of Western European society. At its peak, the authority of the Pope supplanted monarchies and the Church began to align power to manage Western European civilization using religion as its codex. The Church established the university system as well as learning (Athena Review, 200...... middle of article......48 was also in Cologne. Others include the Naumburg Cathedral which has a nave of 1200 and Gelnhausen and Munster -Maifeld which began in 1250. All these churches were similar in character to those that existed in France They were considered a work of the 12th century. It is therefore necessary to look for another class. to fill the gap between the time and the completion of the cathedral in Cologne in 1270. “1275- The pointed arch, when adopted in Germany, most probably came from France, as the appearance seems to prove. general of German churches with pointed architecture The largest Gothic cathedral in Germany, the Cologne Cathedral, was not started until around 1275 and its choir was probably completed during the quarter of the 14th century. Europe, it is also one of the greatest efforts of Gothic architecture in Europe..