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LandmarkAbbey Gateway, Chester
The Abbey Gateway is in Chester, Cheshire, England, and leads from Northgate Street into Abbey Square. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
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LandmarkChester Cathedral
Élevé sur un site potentiellement dévolu au culte dès l'époque romaine, cet édifice remarquable fut tour à tour une abbaye bénédictine avant de devenir une cathédrale au XVIe siècle. Sa longue histoire architecturale se lit à travers un fascinant panorama de styles, allant des fondations normandes aux élancements du gothique anglais. Un détail insolite retient l'attention : la structure possède une curieuse tour sans cloche, ajoutée au cours du XXe siècle. Aujourd'hui, ce joyau classé Grade I vibre autant au rythme des offices anglicans que de concerts et d'expositions prestigieuses, s'imposant comme une étape incontournable du patrimoine du Cheshire.
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LandmarkChester Roman Amphitheatre
Érigé aux portes de la puissante forteresse romaine de Deva Victrix, cet édifice antique constitue le plus grand amphithéâtre militaire découvert en Grande-Bretagne. Longtemps enfoui sous les strates de l'histoire moderne à quelques minutes du cœur de Chester, il pouvait autrefois accueillir jusqu'à 8 000 spectateurs venus assister à des combats de gladiateurs et des exercices militaires. Fait insolite, sa structure monumentale se compose en réalité de deux amphithéâtres successifs bâtis sur le même emplacement, témoignant de l'importance stratégique et de la métamorphose de cette cité au fil des siècles.
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LandmarkChester Shot Tower
Chester Shot Tower, also known as Boughton Shot Tower, is a grade-II*-listed shot tower located at SJ413667 in the Boughton district of Chester, England. The tower stands beside the Shropshire Union Canal and forms part of the disused Chester Leadworks. Built by Walkers, Parker & Co. in 1799, the tower is the oldest of three remaining shot towers in the UK, and probably the oldest such structure still standing in the world.
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LandmarkChrist Church, Chester
Christ Church is a Church of England parish church in Somerset Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is in the Archdeaconry of Chester and the Deanery of Chester. Its benefice is combined with that of St Michael, Plas Newton. It is a Grade II listed building.
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St Andrew's Church, Chester
St Andrew's Church is a redundant church located in Newgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
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LandmarkSt Columba's Church, Chester
St Columba's is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Newton, Chester. It was built from 1964 to 1965. It is situated on the corner of Plas Newton Lane and Newhall Road in the suburbs, north of the city centre. The 'Taking Stock' project, a partnership between the Patrimony Committee of the Bishops' Conference, English Heritage and individual catholic dioceses, described the church as 'a strikingly modern church in a distinctive style'.
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LandmarkSt John the Baptist's Church, Chester
St John the Baptist's Church is a former cathedral in Chester, Cheshire, England during the Early Middle Ages. The church, which was first founded in the late 7th Century by the Anglo-Saxons, is outside the Chester city walls on a cliff above the north bank of the River Dee. It is now considered to be the best example of 11th–12th century church architecture in Cheshire, and was once the seat of the Bishop of Lichfield from 1075 to 1095.
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LandmarkSt Paul's Church, Boughton
St Paul's Church overlooks the River Dee in Boughton, Chester, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and, before its closure, was an Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of that diocese. In the series Buildings of England, the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner stated that he regarded it as "the boldest of Douglas' church designs".
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LandmarkSt Peter's Church, Chester
La chiesa di San Pietro è un edificio religioso situato in Eastgate Street, nel pieno centro della città di Chester, Cheshire, Inghilterra, immediatamente a nord della Chester Cross. È stata classificata al primo posto dalla National Heritage List of England. È una parrocchia anglicana attiva nella diocesi di Chester.
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LandmarkSt Thomas of Canterbury Church, Chester
The Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury is an active Anglican parish church situated in the City of Chester, in an area of the city informally known as "The Garden Quarter", a densely populated area, close to the University. The church was built in 1872, but the parish of St. Oswald which it serves is much older, dating back to about 980 AD.
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