Monday, July 11, 2022

Salisbury


Salisbury Cathedral was built from 1220 to 1258.

It has the tallest church spire in the UK.

Other churches had taller spires, but they collapsed over the ages.

The main settlement in the area used to be at Old Sarum, until the Bishop of Salisbury left to built Salisbury Cathedral due to a dispute with the Sheriff of Wiltshire.

The world's oldest working mechanical clock, made in 1386, made in Delft in the Netherlands.

Regimental colors. The Wiltshire Regiment's colors were carried in Italy fighting Napoleon, America during the War of 1812, and lost and recovered during a hurricane in the Ganges in 1842.

Stonehenge is located eight miles from Salisbury.

The tomb of Robert Hungerford from 1459

Graffiti on the face... really?

The choir

The tomb of Thomas Bennet, a secretary to Cardinal Wolsey

Trinity Chapel

The cathedral also houses the best-preserved copy of the Magna Carta.

Another stunning British cathedral

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