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Constructed on the site of an eighth century Saxon cathedral, it gives you an idea centuries later of how affluent the City, or town at that time of Wells was.
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The twin towers of the facade were not added for another two hundred years, in fact in the fourteenth century, and such was the workmanship it is quite impossible to determine that they were built after a gap of two hundred years..
When you enter the cathedral, what you will find is a quintessentially Gothic interior. You will see a very ingenious engineering solution Cheap Real Madrid CF Jerseys , to support the central tower. You can only wonder at the criss- crossed scissor arches that still without adjustment support the tower today, some six hundred and seventy years later.
The north transept has England's oldest clock, the second oldest in the world having been built in 1392, and every hour you must make sure you are there at least once. On the hour there is a fanfare of tilting knights and their armoured steeds. A moment to treasure by anyone's standards.
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