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Canterbury (/ ˈkæntərb (ə) ri / ⓘ, /- bɛri /) [3] is a cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. It lies on the River Stour. The city has a mild oceanic climate.
Trinity Chapel. Coordinates: 51°16′47″N 1°05′01″E. Trinity Chapel at the east end of Canterbury Cathedral forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built under the supervision of the master-masons William of Sens and William the Englishman as a shrine for the relics of St. Thomas Becket. The shrine became one of the most ...
Via Francigena. The Via Francigena (Italian: [ˈviːa franˈtʃiːdʒena]) is an ancient road and pilgrimage route running from the cathedral city of Canterbury in England, through France and Switzerland, to Rome [ 1 ] and then to Apulia, Italy, where there were ports of embarkation for the Holy Land. [ 2 ] It was known in Italy as the " Via ...
St Martin's was the private chapel of Queen Bertha of Kent (died in or after 601) before Saint Augustine of Canterbury arrived from Rome in 597. Queen Bertha was a Christian Frankish princess who arrived in England with her chaplain, Bishop Liudhard. Her pagan husband, Æthelberht of Kent, allowed her to continue to practise her religion by ...
Show map of the United Kingdom. St Augustine's Abbey(founded as the Monastery of SS. Peter and Pauland changed after Augustine's death) was a Benedictinemonastery in Canterbury, Kent, England.[2] The abbeywas founded in 598 and functioned as a monastery until its dissolution in 1538 during the English Reformation.
Lincoln Cathedral had a chapter of secular canons, for whom the earliest polygonal chapter house was built.. The 26 cathedrals described in this article are those of Bristol, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Chichester, Durham, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, Manchester, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough, Ripon, Rochester, St. Alban's, Salisbury, Southwark, Southwell, Wells ...
The first Gothic cathedral in France, Sens Cathedral, was begun between 1135 and 1140 and consecrated in 1164. [3] The style quickly appeared in England, where it was called simply "The French style". The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral was destroyed by fire and was rebuilt by a French master builder from Sens, William of Sens, between 1174 and 1184.
The Great Hall, St Mary-at-Lambeth, and the Tudor gatehouse (from inside), with the river on the right. While the original residence of the archbishop of Canterbury was in his episcopal see, Canterbury, Kent, [2] a site originally called the Manor of Lambeth or Lambeth House was acquired by the diocese around AD 1200 (though Archbishop Anselm had a house there a century earlier) [3] and has ...