Wells Cathedral just before sunset
** For the past two months I have posted an assorted series of photographs of our three week trip to South West England. I think I have posted a shot of most of the main places we visited . I still have a lot more shots from that trip but they will have to join the very long queue .
This final shot is a return to Wells Cathedral which was also the first image of this series . The shot I posted on October 1 was of the cathedral back lit by the sunrise. Its shown at the top of the comments. This shows the west front of the Cathedral at its best, in the warm low light about an hour before sunset . I spent at least two evenings watching the cathedral slowly change colour as the sun went down . This was for undoubtably the highlight of that holiday . All I can say if you live in the UK and have not visited Wells then you try and do so as soon as possible , its a most remarkable little city .
Wells Cathedral was built in 1176–1450 to replace an earlier church on the site since 705 AD, it is moderately sized for an English cathedral. Its broad west front and large central tower are dominant features.It has been called "unquestionably one of the most beautiful"[ and "most poetic" of English cathedrals. Its Gothic architecture is mostly in Early English style of the late 12th – early 13th centuries, lacking the Romanesque work that survives in many other cathedrals. Building began about 1175. Historian John Harvey sees it as Europe's first truly Gothic structure, breaking the last constraints of Romanesque. Its Early English West front with 300 sculpted figures, is seen as a "supreme triumph of the combined plastic arts in England".
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Wells Cathedral just before sunset
** For the past two months I have posted an assorted series of photographs of our three week trip to South West England. I think I have posted a shot of most of the main places we visited . I still have a lot more shots from that trip but they will have to join the very long queue .
This final shot is a return to Wells Cathedral which was also the first image of this series . The shot I posted on October 1 was of the cathedral back lit by the sunrise. Its shown at the top of the comments. This shows the west front of the Cathedral at its best, in the warm low light about an hour before sunset . I spent at least two evenings watching the cathedral slowly change colour as the sun went down . This was for undoubtably the highlight of that holiday . All I can say if you live in the UK and have not visited Wells then you try and do so as soon as possible , its a most remarkable little city .
Wells Cathedral was built in 1176–1450 to replace an earlier church on the site since 705 AD, it is moderately sized for an English cathedral. Its broad west front and large central tower are dominant features.It has been called "unquestionably one of the most beautiful"[ and "most poetic" of English cathedrals. Its Gothic architecture is mostly in Early English style of the late 12th – early 13th centuries, lacking the Romanesque work that survives in many other cathedrals. Building began about 1175. Historian John Harvey sees it as Europe's first truly Gothic structure, breaking the last constraints of Romanesque. Its Early English West front with 300 sculpted figures, is seen as a "supreme triumph of the combined plastic arts in England".
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .