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Lacock Abbey
A country house with monastic roots and an original medieval cloister.
Lacock Abbey was officially founded on 16 April 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages.
In the mid-1500s, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the Abbey became a Tudor family home.
William Henry Fox Talbot inherited the house in 1800, when he was only five months old. The estate was in debt and was rented out until Fox Talbot moved in with his mother and stepfather in 1827. Fox Talbot then lived here, with his family, until he died in 1877.
During Fox Talbot’s time, the Abbey would have looked much as it looks today.
in August 1835 Fox Talbot made history by capturing the world's first surviving photographic negative in the South Gallery at Lacock Abbey – an invention that would change how we see the world.
The Abbey and estate was given to the National Trust in 1944.
Grade I Listed
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/lacock/history-o...
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Medieval Cloisters
The medieval Cloister (which stood in for Hogwarts corridors in the Harry Potter films) is a peaceful, golden space that gives a sense of the building’s monastic past, in contrast with the richly furnished rooms above that connect visitors with the genius of William Henry Fox Talbot.
Harry Potter
Lacock Abbey is one of the UK’s iconic Harry Potter filming locations. Several Harry Potter films have been made here, including The Philosopher's Stone, The Chamber of Secrets, The Half-Blood Prince, and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
The Abbey is a magnet for Harry Potter devotees and coach loads of fans arrive from all over the world.
Today's demo from a photo I took in Edinburgh, Scotland. Watercolor 14 X 11 inches on Arches 140lb R.
Hi everyone, Have you ever known a (Philosopher) that doesn't love to take walks in the woods and perhaps find a tree to sit under and stimulate their minds with thoughts of philosphy?and if you so happen to be a passerby and ask them, What is the meaning of life? Well my friends be prepared for a speech that will take you deep into the night and until the morning dawns,steve.
...and he is also a great photographer ;-)
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View of Dugald Stewart Monument, Edinburgh (Scotland, October 2016)
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Le cercle des Philosophes disparus, Vue du Dugald Stewart Monument à Edimbourg (Ecosse, Octobre 2016)