The Best Cathedrals, Castles & Palaces Documentaries

Architecture & Design - 81 free documentaries about cathedrals, castles & palaces.

Start with Could A 13th Century Castle Be Built Today? (59 min, Absolute History), then Exploring The Tregrug Castle In South Wales (48 min, Timeline). All 81 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on cathedrals, castles & palaces is Cathedral by David Macaulay.

• Could A 13th Century Castle Be Built Today? | Secrets Of The Castle (59 min, Absolute History)
• Exploring The Tregrug Castle In South Wales | Time Team (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• How To Build A Medieval Castle From Scratch (59 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Neuschwanstein - Fairytale castle and architectural icon (86 min, DW Documentary)
• The Castle Builders: Masters & Masons - How Medieval Castles Were Built (48 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Medieval Construction: How Communities Built Castles In The Middle Ages (58 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• 13th Century Interior Design | Secrets of the Castle (3/5) (59 min, Absolute History)
• The World's Oldest Construction Project | Sagrada Familia (18 min, Real Engineering)
• The Urgent Race to Save Turkey's 1,500-Year-Old Building (20 min, The B1M)
• Sagrada Familia (24 min, Real Engineering)
• The Buried Secrets Of Upton Castle | Time Team (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Château de Chambord: Da Vinci's "Impossible" Project (51 min, Absolute History)
• The Importance Of Stonemasons & Blacksmiths | Secrets of the Castle (4/5) (58 min, Absolute History)
• Gothic architecture - When cathedrals reached up to the heavens (44 min, DW Documentary)
• Contest of the cathedrals – the Gothic period (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Britain's Best Preserved Roman Fortress | Time Team (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Renegade Knight's Castle In Northern Ireland | Time Team (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Buried Secrets Of Jersey's Oldest Castle | Time Team (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Does The White Queen's Medieval Castle Lie Beneath This English Hill? | Time Team (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Can Archaeologists Uncover The Castle These Buried Relics Belong To? | Time Team (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The White Queen's Hidden Castle Beneath This Leicestershire Mound | Time Team (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Hunt For The Lost Irish Palace | Time Team (50 min, Absolute History)
• Why Are There Human Bones In This Scottish Castle? | Extreme Archaeology (48 min, Absolute History)
• Why Was This Medieval Castle Built On Top Of An Ancient Roman Fort? | Time Team (52 min, Odyssey)
• What Archaeological Secrets Is Drumlanrig Castle Hiding? | Time Team (49 min, Odyssey)
• Baroque In Britain: Waldemar Visits The Hawksmoor Churches & St Pauls Cathedral | Ep 3 (59 min, Perspective)
• Can Britain's Houses of Parliament Be Saved? (28 min, The B1M)
• Was This A Giant Anglo-Saxon Palace? | Time Team (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Largest Roman Palace In Britain Discovered Under A Medieval Church | Time Team (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Bad King John's Lost Palace | Time Team (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Palace Beneath The Playground | Time Team (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Is There An Iron Age Fortress Under This Welsh Housing Estate? | Time Team (46 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Westminster Abbey: Uncovering Henry III's Sacristy | Time Team (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Contest of the cathedrals – the Romanesque period (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The Lost Manor That Rivalled Buckingham Palace | Time Team (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Castle Hill Excavation: Is There Evidence Of A Norman Fortress Hidden for Centuries? | Time Team (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Lost Castle Of Dundrum (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Lost Castle Of Dunrum: Norman Empire Remains | Time Team (47 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Medieval Secrets Of This Channel Island Fortress: Excavating Mont Orgueil In Jersey (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• From Fierce Flames to Bridgerton Fame: How Castle Howard Was Restored (93 min, Absolute History)
• Was This The Castle Of The Legendary King Arthur? | Extreme Archaeology (49 min, Absolute History)
• The Abandoned Castle In Sunderland | Time Estate (47 min, Absolute History)
• The Castle Builders: Siege & Storm - How Castles Were Attacked & Defended (48 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Is There A Roman Palace Buried Under This Church Graveyard? | Time Team (48 min, Odyssey)
• What Happened to London's Ancient Palaces? (23 min, Our History)
• Inside Blenheim Palace & Windsor Castle: Britain's Best Preserved Palaces (39 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Notre Dame Before The Fire: The Jewel Of Paris (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Castle Builders: Dreams & Decorations – Castles as Homes & Palaces (48 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Châteaux Of The Loire: Home Of History's Greatest Artists (52 min, Perspective)
• Why Finishing the Sagrada Família Is So Difficult (28 min, The B1M)
• How To Build The Ultimate Medieval Castle (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Secrets of Castle Frankenstein and Other Abandoned Fortresses | Mysteries of the Abandoned (100 min, Science Channel)
• What Makes Strasbourg Cathedral An Architectural Masterpiece? | Extreme Constructions (52 min, Spark)
• A palace for Berlin and the world? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Magical Christmas Makeover of 18th Century Holkham Hall (45 min, Our History)
• How France Rebuilt Notre Dame (12 min, The B1M)
• Was This 16th-Century Castle Secretly Designed By Leonardo Da Vinci? (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Secret Of Notre Dame: A Living Cathedral (50 min, Perspective)
• From Fort To Palace: What Caused The Decline In Medieval Military Fortresses (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Siege Warfare: How To Takedown An ‘Impregnable’ Castle (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Art Of Preserving History's Most Iconic Palaces, Cathedrals And Monasteries (49 min, Perspective)
• Archeologists Investigate King George III’s Lost White House Palace (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Ancient Church Designs That Still Control Architecture (50 min, Odyssey)
• Ely Cathedral: A Medieval Wonder Of Engineering | Cathedrals Of Britain (29 min, Our History)
• The Surprisingly Colourful World Of Medieval Interior Design | Secrets of the Castle (59 min, Perspective)
• Exploring The Secrets Of Winchester Cathedral | Cathedrals Of Britain (29 min, Our History)
• The Fascinating History Of Worcester Cathedral | Cathedrals Of Britain (29 min, Our History)
• The Secrets Of Medieval Interior Decorations | Secrets Of The Castle (59 min, Perspective)
• A stately home tour of Longford Castle's private collection of art | National Gallery (42 min, The National Gallery)
• A Night Inside The Palace That Shaped Scottish History | Super Rich Sleepovers (43 min, Banijay Documentaries)
• The Hidden Stories Of Britain’s Greatest Castles (24 min, BBC Studios)
• This Cathedral Has Stood Since The 7th Century | Cathedrals Of Britain (29 min, Our History)
• Exploring The Historic Palaces Of London (23 min, Our History)
• Inside Pugin’s St Giles: The Dazzling Gothic Revival Church That Stunned Victorian Britain (11 min, HENI Talks)
• The Hidden Secrets Found Inside Britain’s Royal Palaces (145 min, Absolute History)
• A Russian Church In Chiswick?! (And Other London Places of Worship) (23 min, Our History)
• This Cathedral Took 400 Years to Build (52 min, Wonder)
• Middle Ages: The Superstitions & Building Of Cathedrals | The Christians (48 min, Our History)
• 10 Jaw-Dropping Mansions, Castles & Estates 🏰 Smithsonian Channel (23 min, Smithsonian Channel)
• Discover Coventry Cathedral: Uncovering Its Masterpieces of Art and Design (14 min, HENI Talks)

Top-Rated Books About Cathedrals, Castles & Palaces

1. Cathedral by David Macaulay - View on Amazon
2. Castle by David Macaulay - View on Amazon
3. The Cathedral Builders by Jean Gimpel - View on Amazon
4. Castles by Marc Morris - View on Amazon
5. Notre-Dame by Ken Follett - View on Amazon