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CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE & CATHEDRAL

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St Aldate's, Oxford, United Kingdom
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2024
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As early as the 10th century, Salerno, Pavia, Bologna and Paris had schools of higher learning welcoming students from all over Europe. In England, on the other hand, illiteracy prevailed almost everywhere, including among the clergy. Hence the creation, in 1133, of a school of higher learning with the primary aim of training better-educated clerics. Oxford was a natural choice: the city was one of the most important in the kingdom, and great masters taught in churches or organized public readings before an audience of learned clerics. Oxford became a true university town when Henry II ordered English clerics to return from Paris. Christ Church is certainly the city's most famous and finest college. Its construction was ordered by King Henry VIII in 1546. Its 17th-century dome jealously guards a bell called Great Tom, which strikes 101 times every evening to signal the closing of the college gates. In the main courtyard, nicknamed Tom Quad, you'll find the great hall and its famous staircase. Founded in 1525, the college chapel is also Oxford Cathedral, the smallest cathedral in England. It inspired Lewis Carroll, who taught there, to writeAlice in Wonderland, while the chapel's architecture influenced some of the fantastic settings in his famous novel. SeveralHarry Potter scenes were also filmed here.

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Visited in september 2022
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A faire !
Christ church est situé au coeur de la ville d'Oxford et propose essentiellement entre mai et septembre des chambres en Bed and Breakfast. Prendre le petit déjeuner dans le Hall, magnifiquement décoré de portraits d'anciens étudiants, est exceptionnel.
Dad@
Visited in october 2019
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Très beau monument ! Typiquement anglais !!
Ca vaut le coup d'oeil !
Dobbelyou
Visited in march 2016
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Un bel endroit à visiter! Le prix de l'entrée est un peu élevé mais on peut y admirer l'architeture qui rappelle les films Harry Potter et l'ambiance tellement spécifique qui y reigne.
Mariona14
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A visiter!
Très joli, avec sa salle à manger qui a inspiré la salle de Poudlard et le vitrail dans la cathédrale qui a inspiré Alice.
superb college! with a large park. The monument to visit, small souvenir compared to Harry Potter.

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