[winfred]

That goes for all cathedrals though. Just two random examples, Notre Dame took about 100 years for the main structure, Cologne Cathedral took 600 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral

[genera1]

And is usually a matter of funding, famously Hagia Sophia was built in five years