My Photos: England -- Canterbury -- City Sights




The city walls were built in the 3rd century AD

The Cathedral seen from outside the city walls

Canterbury Cathedral



The Buttermarket



Canterbury Veterans Memorial
Honors WWI veterans



Christ Church Gate to Canterbury Cathedral Precincts
Built 1517





 

 








Canterbury Christ Church University
&
The King's School






The Abbey was a Benedictine monastery from 598AD to 1538,
when King Henry VIII dissolved the Catholic Church in England

 

 

 The Fyndon Gate
built 1301 AD
 
 

 


Saint Augustine's Abbey Gateway


The Cemetery Gate to Saint Augustine's Abbey



Saint Paul's Church
Built 13th century, rebuilt 1876




Saint Thomas Catholic Church
1874



Tower of Saint Mary Magdelene,
which is what remains of medieval church built in 1500, demolished 1871





St. George's Tower, what remains of St. George the Martyr Church,
13th century church,
destroyed by German bombing in WWII








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