Down from the botanical garden and therough the Bolton St. cemetery, which we found unusually sparse for a central settlers' cemetery |
Until we realized it was bisected by Wellington's central expressway and that some thousands of graves had to be relocated up the hill; note interesting iron tombstone... |
Inscriptions quite effusive in those days; or maybe engravers were cheap |
One of several Maori |
Moving right along, through the government center: the Beehive, NZ's parliament building |
Monumental view |
More government buildings |
St. Paul's, Wellington's original Anglican cathedral, 1860s |
All timber |
And Gothic too |
Chancel |
Probably not 13th century |
More of the growth vs. historic preservation thing |
And beautiful art decos scattered all over |
Central expressway |
Katherine Mansfield birthplace |
A short story writer of note; Rebecca teaches a couple of her stories; she died quite young |
The US embassy, occupying the site of the family house where she lived most of her life |
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Love that church!
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