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Cathedral Exterior, Peterborough England, Peterborough Cathedral, St Peters Cathedral, Catherine Of Aragon, Gothic Cathedrals, Cathedral Church, Queen Of England, Gothic Architecture

Peterborough, city and unitary authority, geographic county of Cambridgeshire, England. At the core of the city and unitary authority is a historic region called the Soke of Peterborough, which encompasses the original town of Peterborough and an area extending west between the Rivers Welland and Nene; the Soke of Peterborough is part of the historic county of Northamptonshire. The city and unitary authority also embrace an area to the east, around Thorney, within the historic county of…

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Architecture Romanesque, Katherine Of Aragon, Peterborough Cathedral, Gothic Arches, Romanesque Architecture, English Castles, Medieval Europe, The Reformation, Gothic Cathedrals

Peterborough Cathedral is one of England's finest buildings, an almost complete Romanesque church on an impressive scale sitting behind one of the most unique and eccentric Gothic facades found anywhere in medieval Europe. The church we see today is little altered since its completion in the 13th century aside from inevitable 19th century restorations and the serious depradations of Civil War damage in the mid 17th century. The bulk of the church is 12th century Norman, retaining even its…

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