CAMBRIDGE, THE ROUND CHURCH OF CAMBRIDGE

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back THIS IS THE EARLIEST OF THE FOUR ROUND CHURCHES STILL STANDING IN ENGLAND, AND WAS BUILT IN ABOUT 1100

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back THIS FINE NORMAN DOORWAY (RESTORED) OPENS INTO THE ROUND PART OF THE CHURCH, BUILT ABOUT 1100. NOTICE THE CHARACTERISTIC CHEVRON ORNAMENT

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back THE ROUND WAS BUILT ABOUT 1100, AND RESTORED IN THE LAST CENTURY. TWO OF THE THREE EAST AISLES WERE ADDED IN 1350, AND THE THIRD (THE RIGHT-HAND) IN 1841

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back THIS IS THE FAMOUS CIRCULAR NAVE OF THE ROUND CHURCH. IT WAS BUILT ABOUT 1100, PROBABLY AS A COPY OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM. NOTICE THE UNUSUALLY THICK PILLARS IN THE TRIFORIUM ARCHES

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back THE CHOIR, SEEN THROUGH THE 15TH CENTURY ARCH FROM THE ROUND. THE FINE ANGEL ROOF OF THE SAME DATE CAN JUST BE SEEN. THE WINDOW REPLACED AN OLDER ONE BLOWN OUT BY A BOMB IN 1942

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