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Hospital of St. Thomas, CanterburyThe Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr of Eastbridge is situated on the King's-bridge, near the Westgate, in Canterbury. It was built by Thomas á Becket (a clergyman of the Middle Ages) who was most famous for being assassinated in his own cathedral. After his death, Canterbury Cathedral became a site of pilgrimage, and the hospital provided accommodation for the pilgrims.For many years, no special statutes were enacted, nor were any rules laid down for the treatment of pilgrims, till the site devolved to the jurisdiction of Stratford. During the reign of Edward III, he created certain ordinances, as well as a code of regulations to be acted on concerning pilgrims. He also appointed a master in priest's orders, under whose guidance a secular chaplain served. He ruled that every pilgrim in health could rest in the lodgment for one night at the cost of four pence, that weak and infirm applicants were to be preferred to those with better health, and that women "upwards of forty" should attend to the bedding and administer medicines to the sick.This institution survived the general suppression of monasteries and buildings of its cast during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. Afterward, it alternated between the possession of private families and that of brothers belonging to the establishment. By 1827, it was being used as a school.
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West Gate
The West Gate, cosstruito nel 1375, era uno degli otto accessi alla città. All'interno c'è un piccolo museo, dove non sono stata. Nei dintorni, i giardini più carini che abbia visto! The West Gate è vicino a Canterbury West train station.
View of West Gate from the town
West Gate Gardens
View of West Gate from the town
West Gate Gardens
Museum of Canterbury
Qui non ci sono stata, ma ci sarei voluta andare, per quanto non riesco a capire come si faccia ad abbinare il concetto di museo della città a 'museo dell'orsetto Rupert, e Bagpuss il gatto'. The Museum of Canterbury (formerly known as the Canterbury Heritage Museum) is located in Stour Street. It contains a range of exhibits bringing to life the whole of the town's history. This includes a museum dedicated to Rupert Bear, a children's character created by Mary Tourtel, who was born in Canterbury. There are also displays for Bagpuss: a pink and white cat made of cloth which was the main character in a popular children's TV series. Bagpuss was created in 1974 by an animator from Canterbury called Peter Firmin, who together with writer Oliver Postgate created TV characters such as the Clangers, Basil Brush, Ivor the Engine and Noggin The Nog (most British people who were parents or children in the 1960s or 1970s know these characters).
The Old Weavers House
Huguenot refugees came to south England from Flanders (now part of Belgium), escaping from persecution by Catholics. Many of them settled in Canterbury, where they were given the right to trade by Queen Elizabeth the First. They brought with them their weaving and other textile skills. The wealth generated by these new industries helped to replace the income which had been generated by visiting pilgrims (a custom which was stopped by King Henry the Eighth after he took over control of the Church in England).
There are several Tudor-style houses along St Peters Street which used to be used by the weavers. The buildings are now used as restaurants.
One of the branches of the River Stour runs next to the weavers' houses. Guided boat tours leave from next to the Ducking Stool in the garden of The Old Weavers House. A ducking stool was a form of punishment and also a way of testing if someone was a witch. The person was strapped into the chair, which was then submerged under the water. If the person was a witch, she would survive, and she would be killed. If she wasn't a witch, then she would drown, but at least her name was cleared ...
This Tudor building was used by Flemish weavers
Boat trips leave from the Ducking Stool
There are several Tudor-style houses along St Peters Street which used to be used by the weavers. The buildings are now used as restaurants.
One of the branches of the River Stour runs next to the weavers' houses. Guided boat tours leave from next to the Ducking Stool in the garden of The Old Weavers House. A ducking stool was a form of punishment and also a way of testing if someone was a witch. The person was strapped into the chair, which was then submerged under the water. If the person was a witch, she would survive, and she would be killed. If she wasn't a witch, then she would drown, but at least her name was cleared ...
This Tudor building was used by Flemish weavers
Boat trips leave from the Ducking Stool
Canterbury Castle
Questo castello rappresenta bene l'assurdità di alcuni provvedimenti delle istituzioni britanniche. Tutelano, recintano, curano, blindano alcune cose e altre per ragioni ignote le lasciano abbandonate a loro stesse. Ecco cos'è questo castello.. bello, ma solo. Non riesco a capire.. suggestivo e pieno di storia, ma calpestato. Sembra stare lì per fare da spartitraffico.. che peccato.E allora per fare giustizia in questo caso riporto nel dettaglio ciò che ho trovato online.. spero che qualcuno di voi abbia la pazienza di leggerlo, così da capire che è un edificio importantissimo.. E A ME E' PIACIUTO MOLTO, ECCO!
Canterbury Castle
Mura di cinta
Canterbury Castle was one of the three original royal castles of Kent (the other two were at Rochester and Dover) they were all built very soon after the Battle of Hastings. They were all on the main Roman road from Dover to London, the route taken by William the Conqueror in October 1066, and it is more than likely that they were all built originally as motte-and-bailey castles in the winter of 1066-67 to guard this important route. In Canterbury this original castle was almost certainly in the southern angle of the third century Roman city walls in the area of the present public gardens. The great mount, known as the Dane John, which was landscaped to its present form in 1790, would have been the motte (Dane John is a corruption of the Norman work for motte 'donjon') while the outer bailey extended northwards and part of its outer ditch was excavated in 1981 where it was to be covered by a block of new housing (see plan). Less than twenty years later the castle was moved to a new site just inside the Roman south gate (called the Worthgate), and Domesday book (1086) tells us that fourteen of the houses of tenants of St Augustine's Abbey had to be demolished for this and the King gave them the churches of St Andrew and St Mary sub castellum (i.e. the nearby St Mary de Castro church) in exchange. We also learn that eleven more houses were destroyed for the castle ditch, presumably in the area outside the City walls as Domesday book says they were in fossato civitatis.
Canterbury's motte-and-bailey castle of the mid eleventh century Early in the twelfth century, during the reign of Henry I, the great stone keep was built. This massive structure, which has dimensions of about 98 by 85 feet externally at the base, was originally probably at least 80 feet high. It is mainly made of flint and sandstone rubble (the walls are 14½ feet thick at the base), but had quoins and a plinth of Caen and Quarr stone (from Normandy and the Isle of Wight respectively). On its north-west side was the original entrance at first-floor level and accessible by a great external staircase (only the foundations of which now exist); the keep originally had no entrances at ground level. At first floor level was the great hall, a principal chamber and the kitchen (in the south-west corner) and two very fine fireplaces still survive in the walls. Above this was a second floor which was sadly mostly demolished in 1817; it can be seen with its windows in earlier prints and drawings. The very dark basement (originally for storage only) was lit by three windows very high up in the east wall, but in the thirteenth century (probably when the Castle was already mainly used as a prison) a new large doorway and gatehouse were built on the east side. This has now been demolished, but its foundations are marked out with granite sets and the doorway into the keep (now blocked again) is still visible.
Engraving of c.1815 showing a now-destroyed crosswall From the twelfth century at least the Castle's main use was as a prison for the County of Kent and it was under the control of the Sheriffs. Apart from the keep, there was an outer bailey (of about 4½ acres) which was enclosed by a wall and ditch and had a main gate with two drum towers facing up Castle Street into the City. On the south side, the old Roman Worthgate was still in use and as today people could pass through the bailey on their way to Wincheap. In 1548, however, this Roman gate was blocked and Castle Row/Worthgate Place was created to by-pass the Castle. This street, which went round the bailey on the east had a new gate, the Wincheap Gate, created for it in the City walls. On the north-west side of the bailey another street ran past St Mildred's churchyard and out through a postern in the City walls. These two streets came together again at the top end of Wincheap (called Wincheap Green and now covered by a roundabout) where there was a gallows which is clearly shown on the map of Canterbury c. 1640. The Castle remained a County Gaol even after Canterbury became a County Borough in its own right in 1448 (the area of the Castle was a detached portion of the County of Kent right up to the nineteenth century). In 1730 a fine new County Sessions House was built which still survives and was probably on the site of the old Great Hall. Sadly, the eighteenth century also saw the beginning of the end of the Castle's life. By this time the keep was already a ruin and partial demolitions took place in 1770 and 1792. The later year also saw the demolition of much of the outer bailey walls and also of the Roman Worthgate to allow an improved Castle Street once again to run through the area. In 1817 much of the upper walls of the keep were pulled down, and in 1825 the newly formed Gas, Light and Coke Company bought the keep and pulled out the two internal cross walls so they could use it as a coal and coke store. An iron tank for water was also put on top of the keep, and it was only in 1928 that the keep was acquired by the City and preserved.
Tentative reconstruction of Canterbury Castle in the early twelfth century
The Castle area from the C.A.L.C. Map 123 (c.1640)
Canterbury Castle
Mura di cinta
Canterbury Castle was one of the three original royal castles of Kent (the other two were at Rochester and Dover) they were all built very soon after the Battle of Hastings. They were all on the main Roman road from Dover to London, the route taken by William the Conqueror in October 1066, and it is more than likely that they were all built originally as motte-and-bailey castles in the winter of 1066-67 to guard this important route. In Canterbury this original castle was almost certainly in the southern angle of the third century Roman city walls in the area of the present public gardens. The great mount, known as the Dane John, which was landscaped to its present form in 1790, would have been the motte (Dane John is a corruption of the Norman work for motte 'donjon') while the outer bailey extended northwards and part of its outer ditch was excavated in 1981 where it was to be covered by a block of new housing (see plan). Less than twenty years later the castle was moved to a new site just inside the Roman south gate (called the Worthgate), and Domesday book (1086) tells us that fourteen of the houses of tenants of St Augustine's Abbey had to be demolished for this and the King gave them the churches of St Andrew and St Mary sub castellum (i.e. the nearby St Mary de Castro church) in exchange. We also learn that eleven more houses were destroyed for the castle ditch, presumably in the area outside the City walls as Domesday book says they were in fossato civitatis.
Canterbury's motte-and-bailey castle of the mid eleventh century Early in the twelfth century, during the reign of Henry I, the great stone keep was built. This massive structure, which has dimensions of about 98 by 85 feet externally at the base, was originally probably at least 80 feet high. It is mainly made of flint and sandstone rubble (the walls are 14½ feet thick at the base), but had quoins and a plinth of Caen and Quarr stone (from Normandy and the Isle of Wight respectively). On its north-west side was the original entrance at first-floor level and accessible by a great external staircase (only the foundations of which now exist); the keep originally had no entrances at ground level. At first floor level was the great hall, a principal chamber and the kitchen (in the south-west corner) and two very fine fireplaces still survive in the walls. Above this was a second floor which was sadly mostly demolished in 1817; it can be seen with its windows in earlier prints and drawings. The very dark basement (originally for storage only) was lit by three windows very high up in the east wall, but in the thirteenth century (probably when the Castle was already mainly used as a prison) a new large doorway and gatehouse were built on the east side. This has now been demolished, but its foundations are marked out with granite sets and the doorway into the keep (now blocked again) is still visible.
Engraving of c.1815 showing a now-destroyed crosswall From the twelfth century at least the Castle's main use was as a prison for the County of Kent and it was under the control of the Sheriffs. Apart from the keep, there was an outer bailey (of about 4½ acres) which was enclosed by a wall and ditch and had a main gate with two drum towers facing up Castle Street into the City. On the south side, the old Roman Worthgate was still in use and as today people could pass through the bailey on their way to Wincheap. In 1548, however, this Roman gate was blocked and Castle Row/Worthgate Place was created to by-pass the Castle. This street, which went round the bailey on the east had a new gate, the Wincheap Gate, created for it in the City walls. On the north-west side of the bailey another street ran past St Mildred's churchyard and out through a postern in the City walls. These two streets came together again at the top end of Wincheap (called Wincheap Green and now covered by a roundabout) where there was a gallows which is clearly shown on the map of Canterbury c. 1640. The Castle remained a County Gaol even after Canterbury became a County Borough in its own right in 1448 (the area of the Castle was a detached portion of the County of Kent right up to the nineteenth century). In 1730 a fine new County Sessions House was built which still survives and was probably on the site of the old Great Hall. Sadly, the eighteenth century also saw the beginning of the end of the Castle's life. By this time the keep was already a ruin and partial demolitions took place in 1770 and 1792. The later year also saw the demolition of much of the outer bailey walls and also of the Roman Worthgate to allow an improved Castle Street once again to run through the area. In 1817 much of the upper walls of the keep were pulled down, and in 1825 the newly formed Gas, Light and Coke Company bought the keep and pulled out the two internal cross walls so they could use it as a coal and coke store. An iron tank for water was also put on top of the keep, and it was only in 1928 that the keep was acquired by the City and preserved.
Tentative reconstruction of Canterbury Castle in the early twelfth century
The Castle area from the C.A.L.C. Map 123 (c.1640)
St Martin Church
Questa proprio non l'ho vista!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church%2C_CanterburyL'ho scoperto quando sono tornata a casa quanto era importante.. va beh! prossima volta!
Front view of the church
Stained glass window
Norman font
"Bertha Regina" (Queen Bertha)
Statue of Bertha
Front view of the church
Stained glass window
Norman font
"Bertha Regina" (Queen Bertha)
Statue of Bertha
Abbazia di Sant'Agostino
Davvero suggestiva! L'ho visitata in un giorno nebbioso e nuvoloso e devo dire che mi ha molto impressionato. Questa grande abbazia, che segna la rinascita della cristianità nell'Inghilterra del sud, fu fondata del 597 da Sant'Agostino. Originariamente istituita come luogo di sepoltura dei re del kent anglosassoni,è parte del patrimonio artistico e culturale della città.Si trova all'esterno della cinta muraria della città e molto spesso è ignorata dai visitatori..c'è anche un museo e un audio tour.Sono stata molte volte a Canterbury e non l'avevo mai visitata.. avevo qualche serio problema a capire gli orari e i giorni di ingresso e solo in questa ultima occasione mi sono resa conto di quanto avevo perso!L'audio tour è fatto benissimo, passo a passo spiega tutto e anche di più..
St Augustine's Abbey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Augustine%27s_Abbey
St Augustine's Abbey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Augustine%27s_Abbey
La Cattedrale
E' veramente uno spettacolo, non ci sono altre parole.
Imponente, intensa, ricca, maestosa.Penso di aver fatto mille foto, solo della Cattedrale.. con ogni cielo, in ogni momento del giorno, da ogni angolo e di ogni particolare! Questa è una ( era la sera che ho mangiato la pizza seduta sulla panchina mentre stavo col naso all'insù ) :
Ma non vi voglio sommergere di informazioni inutili, così affido a wikipedia il compito di informare quelli di voi più interessati. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattedrale_di_Canterbury.
La Cattedrale di Canterbury è una delle più vecchie e famose chiese cristiane in Inghilterra.Per quanto posso suggerire, all'ingresso prendete un'audio-guida, che vi spiega ciò che di importante bisogna sapere.. e poi .. vagate !
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