Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire dating back the year
1220, only a few kilometres away from the famous Stonehenge. After
visiting the Stones, we were already hungry and decided to go to Salisbury to grab
something to eat and of course, take a look in the famous town – as we were
only a few kilometres away.
We parked the car close to
the city centre and went walking until we reached the Market Place, with some
brick Georgian façade
houses (which are said to conceal medieval constructions) and many small coffee
houses.
Walking a little bit out of the centre, the Salisbury Cathedral catches the eye. It’s an idyllic place; the cathedral seems to rest in a nice lawn area in front of a small river where a couple of ducks were calmly swimming.
The enormous cathedral was
built in the early 13th century in early English style of Gothic
architecture, with pointed lancet windows. Its spire is the tallest in England.
The Chapter House is the home of one of the four surviving original Magna Carta
sealed by King John in 1215. It was written in abbreviated Medieval Latin and
it set down for the first time the relationship between the King and his
subjects and their rights. The Magna Carta had a major influence in the
democratic world and it was a source of inspiration for documents such as the
U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Magna Carta
From what I have heard about
it, I expected more of this small town, so I’m not sure if it’s a place worth a
visit that much, unless you’re in the neighbourhood and wants to see the huge cathedral
with the Magna Carta. Sven and I had some weird thing to eat and I think it
might have also contributed to our not-so-well opinion about it!!
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