Like Battle, this was my third visit to Canterbury, and so I'm not going to write very much- see my earlier posts from 2011/12 on Canterbury if you'd like :) I really enjoyed visiting St. Augustine's Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral again, and the students seemed to have a good time too.
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| I'm still stunned sometimes that I'm in a place where anything can have had a 1400th anniversary. |
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| 3-D image in the abbey's museum |
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| in the abbey museum |
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| St. Augustine's Abbey |
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| the museum's colour-code system, explained |
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| the abbey museum |
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| Canterbury town square, outside the cathedral entrance |
We had a great tour guide at the cathedral who showed us the cathedral highlights for about an hour and a half.
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| Coats of arms of families who sponsored construction work in the cloisters several hundred years ago |
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| Chapter House ceiling |
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| mirror stand so that you can see the Chapter House ceiling better |
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| Personal belongings of the Black Prince, heir to the English throne, carried during his funeral procession in 1376 |
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| the Martyrdom (spot where Thomas Becket was killed) |
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| another sensory cathedral floor plan for the blind; I'm glad Chichester isn't the only place that does this! |
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| to give a sense of how extensive Canterbury Cathedral is. |
Another grand tour! It makes the Fortress Louisbourg 300th. anniversary this year pretty 'young'. I am totally amazed that such a massive structure could be erected all those centuries ago, complete with the beautiful ceilings and the stained glass windows - and especially without using the modern machinery and materials which exist today.
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Oh my goodness, at first it almost seems like a typo error, doesn't it, to read "1400th anniversary..." ! Wow ! I love your shot of the cat - rather unexpected amidst all the grandeur of the cathedral :)
ReplyDeleteIt's really hard to grasp the enormity and beauty of those incredible stained glass windows and the elaborate ceilings. I like the family crests up on the ceiling; never heard of that before !
Thanks for sharing these photos Hanna !
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Blows my mind how old that all is!!! And those stained glass windows?! WOW.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos, thanks Hanna!!!