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Chichester Cathedral -
Photo:
Colin Smith
CCL |
This beautiful cathedral
city and harbour town lies in West Sussex.
Parts of an encircling wall built by the
Romans after they settled here in ‘Noviomagus Regensium’ still survive.
The Romans also
created a street plan, which is largely
extant.
As the invaders were leaving, the area
became capital to the opportunistic South
Saxons.
The city’s old centre is divided into quarters
with a 16th century Market Cross standing
where the roads meet.
The Romans built Stane
Street in 70 AD to link the city with London
and part of it, located on the Downs, near
Earlham, can still be walked.
The city has a series of attractions including
its Festival Theatre, which opened in 1962
under the direction of Laurence Olivier, and
its magnificent Gothic 12th century cathedral
with a towering 15th century spire.
It has
been described as the most ‘typically English
cathedral’ and is the only medieval cathedral
in England to have a separate bell tower, and
the only one visible from the sea. |
