Canterbury

Canterbury was AWESOME! It was so cool to finally be on the scene of all the great things we've been learning about, such as the murder of Thomas Beckett and the signing of the disillusionment of the monasteries by King Henry VIII. The cathedral was also a visual presentation of the changing of architecture with its Roman round arches, Gothic pointed arches, and the vertical height from the Renaissance time. Many of the stained glass windows and stone statues were destroyed by the Puritans who were against such forms of art in cathedrals, but those that remain or are rebuilt are stunning!