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This was our third visit to Winchester Cathedral, one of my British favorites: its long history, its transitional nature (north transept thoroughly Romanesque, crude masonry; the rest, increasingly sophisticated Gothic, Perpendicular), the literary lights buried there, its great size and majesty, the William Morris windows, the story of its being saved from collapse in the early 20th century, the New Vaudeville Band Grammy-winning song.... Looking at my 2009 and 2016 posts on Winchester--http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2009/10/winchestercathedral.html, http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2009/10/winchester-cathedral-ii.html, http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2009/10/cultural-treasures-of-winchester.html, http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2016/05/winchester-cathedral-2016.html--I have only a few new scenes to add.

Winchester has long had an excellent visitor education program, which has only
gotten better since our last visit

Outside, descriptions of the building of both the old Minster (Saxon, 10th) and
the new (Norman, dating from the 11th; and then Gothic and Perpendicular)

Foundations of the Minster still visible

Huge church, in length, 2nd only to St. Peter's in Rome; they say

The visitor education program now includes a three-story
special exhibit area in the south transept--with an elevator!
Winchester is said to be the only cathedral with an elevator;
alas, no fotos in the special exhibit area

Tournai Font, 11th

Romanesque in the north transept

Love those transitional scenes

Nicely-lit choir (or quire, as the Brits say) looking toward beautiful screen

Above, HB=Henry Bolingbroke

Ever popular Anne Boleyn statue (actually a 13th century
sculpture found in the cathedral dean's garden

Finally, there is now a nice exhibit on Jane Austen, by the
floor stone (which gives no clue she was a writer) and her
brother's memorial brass plaque that says only that she was
"known by her writings" or somesuch; judging from the
town's gift shoppes, she's an increasingly big draw for
Winchester

Wonderful place; we may well drop in for another visit
next spring when we're doing the garden thing