Somerset, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, and is the seat of the
Bishop of Bath and Wells. The present building dates from 1175 to 1490,
an earlier church having been built on the site in 705. With its broad
west front and large central tower, it is the city's dominant feature
and a landmark in the Somerset countryside. Its architecture is entirely
Gothic, mostly of the late 12th and early 13th centuries, differing from
most other English medieval cathedrals, which have parts in the earlier
Romanesque style. The historian John Harvey considers it to be the first
truly Gothic structure in Europe. The Early English Gothic façade
displays more than three hundred sculpted figures, and is described by
Harvey as "the supreme triumph of the combined plastic arts in England".
The eastern end retains much ancient stained glass, which is rare in
England. Wells has an exceptional number of surviving secular buildings
associated with its chapter of secular canons, such as the Bishop's
Palace and the Vicars' Close, a residential street which has remained
intact from the 15th century. The cathedral is a scheduled monument and
is designated as a Grade I listed building.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Cathedral>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1628:
The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document
that set out specific liberties of the subject, was granted the Royal
Assent by Charles I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petition_of_Right>
1788:
Citizens of Grenoble threw roof tiles onto royal soldiers,
sometimes credited as the beginning of the French Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Tiles>
1810:
Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first
newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Moreno>
1917:
First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines
under the German lines, killing 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-
made explosion in history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Messines_(1917)>
1982:
Graceland (pictured), Elvis Presley's mansion in Memphis,
Tennessee, opened to the public as a museum of Presley's life.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
trendite:
(slang) A person given to following trends.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trendite>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Teaching is successful only as it causes people to think for
themselves. What the teacher thinks matters little; what he makes the
child think matters much.
--Alice Moore Hubbard
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alice_Moore_Hubbard>
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