Today we are in Zambia to hear of the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy cross that was built by the colonial government as a legal requirement for Lusaka to be granted City Status as much as it would be a house of worship. The Cathedral was built in the 60s by Ian Reeler and company, the same team that put up the Sydney Opera House.
For Lusaka to be granted City status it needed a cathedral, the colonial administration of Northern Rhodesia currently Zambia approached both the Catholic and Anglican churches and offered to give them land upon which the cathedral would be set up. The Anglicans jumped on this opportunity and an 18-meter high above-the-floor wall church with a concrete roof was set up. The Architectural style of the church is one to marvel at as it was built at a time when no crane existed but only an electrical pulley. The first donation for its construction came from Queen Elizabeth, a cement company in Zambia, the mining companies, and individuals.
