TL4458 : The Backs, Cambridge: King's College and its Chapel
taken 4 years ago, near to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Great Britain
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
Grade I listed. Link
King's was founded in 1441 by Henry VI, soon after he had founded its sister college in Eton. However, the King's plans for the college were disrupted by the Wars of the Roses and resultant scarcity of funds, and his eventual deposition. Little progress was made on the project until in 1508 Henry VII began to take an interest in the college, most likely as a political move to legitimise his new position. The building of the college's chapel, begun in 1446, was finally finished in 1544 during the reign of Henry VIII.
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King's College Chapel is the chapel to King's College of the University of Cambridge, and is one of the finest examples of late Gothic (Perpendicular) English architecture.
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- Christopher Hilton (find more nearby)
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- Sunday, 30 April, 2017 (more nearby)
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- Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
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WGS84: 52:12.2745N 0:6.9385E - Camera Location
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