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Cattedrale
Canterbury Cathedral
Seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury and part of the World Heritage Site; Romanesque and early Gothic, partly rebuilt after a fire in 1174.
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Canterbury: things to do
Places worth your time in Canterbury
Luoghi principali
Things to do in Canterbury
Monumenti, musei, parchi e punti panoramici nella zona e nei dintorni.
Edificio storico
Christ Church Gate
Grade I listed gateway leading from the city centre into the cathedral precincts.
Abbazia in rovina
St Augustine's Abbey
Ruins of a Benedictine monastery founded in 598 and dissolved in 1538, now looked after by English Heritage.
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Chiesa
St Martin's Church
A working parish church on the eastern edge of the city, part of the World Heritage Site with the cathedral and the abbey.
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Edificio storico
The Westgate
The largest surviving medieval city gate in England, built of Kentish ragstone around 1379; the road still runs between its drum towers.
Parco
Westgate Gardens
Riverside gardens on the Stour next to the Westgate.
Mura cittadine
Canterbury city walls
Medieval walls on Roman foundations that still circle much of the centre; a wall walk runs above Dane John Gardens.
Parco
Dane John Gardens
Gardens laid out between 1790 and 1803 in the south-east corner of the walls, around the Dane John mound.
Castello
Canterbury Castle
Ruined Norman keep beside the city walls, one of the royal castles built after the conquest, rebuilt in stone in the early 12th century.
Museo
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge
Museum, art gallery and library on the High Street; it also houses the Canterbury visitor information centre.
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Museo
Canterbury Roman Museum
Museum built around the remains of a Roman town house and its mosaics, below the modern street level.
Edificio storico
Eastbridge Hospital
Founded in the 12th century to give poor pilgrims a night's lodging, on the High Street.
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Cappella
Greyfriars Chapel
Surviving building of Greyfriars, the first Franciscan friary in England.
Chiesa
St Dunstan's Church
Grade I listed church just outside the Westgate, at the junction of London Road and Whitstable Road.
Teatro
Marlowe Theatre
The city's main theatre, named after the playwright Christopher Marlowe, who was born in Canterbury.
Museo
Kent Museum of Freemasonry
Local history and masonic museum in St Peter's Place, between the two railway stations.
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Edificio storico
Old Palace
The Archbishop of Canterbury's residence in the city, a Grade I listed building in the cathedral precincts.
Chiesa
Church of St Mildred
Partly Anglo-Saxon church near the castle, the only pre-Norman church left inside the walls.
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Whitstable
Oysters, a working harbour and a long shingle beach facing the Thames Estuary
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Margate and Broadstairs
Sandy bays, Turner Contemporary, Margate Old Town and Dickens's Broadstairs
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Deal
A shingle seafront, a pier and two Tudor castles
Apri la mini guida →Crediti fotografici
- Canterbury (area photo): Hans Musil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Canterbury Cathedral: Hans Musil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Christ Church Gate: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- St Augustine's Abbey: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Martin's Church: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Westgate: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Westgate Gardens: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Canterbury city walls: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dane John Gardens: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canterbury Castle: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Canterbury Roman Museum: Linda Spashett (Storye book), CC BY 3.0, source
- Eastbridge Hospital: ABrocke, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Greyfriars Chapel: Kim Fyson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Dunstan's Church: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Marlowe Theatre: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kent Museum of Freemasonry: Pre36sunbeam, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Church of St Mildred: Jean Marc Gfp, CC BY 3.0, source
- Whitstable: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Margate and Broadstairs: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Deal: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dover: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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