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Durovernum Cantiacorum
Posted by Michael (Wuppertal, Germany) on 2 October 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.
Shot without flash "out of the hands", Fixed as a HDR, Shifted with shiftN and did some tonemapping.
Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the Cathedral of the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England and religious leader of the Church of England. It houses The Chair of St. Augustine As well as being the mother church of the Diocese of Canterbury (east Kent) it is the focus for the Anglican Communion.
A dark chapter in the history of the Cathedral was the assassination of Thomas Becket in the north-east Transept on Tuesday 29 December 1170 by Knights who overheard King Henry II say "Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?" or something to that effect when he was having troubles with Becket. The guards took it literally and murdered Becket in his own Cathedral. Becket was the second of four archbishops of Canterbury who were murdered (see also Alphege). Alphege's shrine was set on the north side of the High Altar.
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