Site: Oxford
We visited Christ Church College and Cathedral. This post is going to concentrate on pictures, but here is some trivia:
- People have lived here at least since Saxon times.
- Christ Church was founded by Cardinal Wolsey and taken over by Henry VIII.
- It was Charles I's headquarters during the English Civil War.
- Alice Liddell, the girl that Alice in Wonderland was based on, lived in Christ Church because her father was the Dean.
- The White Rabbit is based on Alice's chronically late father.
Saxon Tower
The formal entrance to Christ Church (not for visitors.)
The grounds of Christ Church
The Entry to the Great Hall
The Great Hall
The Quad
The Cathedral Ceiling
Stained glass designed by Pre-Raphaelite Edward Burne-Jones
Painted and stained glass depicting Jonah after being delivered from the whale.
Here's a selfie to prove I am really here
Monument to Protestant martyrs
Concert Hall
The Bridge of Sighs (reproduction of the one in Venice)
Courtyard of the Bodelian Library
Radcliffe Camera
In the Ashmolean
























So much to see. Glad you are able to see it akk.
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