Ugh, for the first time this trip the photo order has been flipped by WordPress. No idea why it does it, but either look at our tour backwards or go to the bottom of this post and scroll up. Your choice, but I'm too lazy to try fixing it!
The courtyard of the famed
Bodleian Library, which
we couldn't get tickets for.
The All Soul's North Quad, including
the library modelled on the 15th Century
Chapel.
The Radcliffe Camera, which was,
contrary to legend, NOT named
after Daniel Radcliffe. It's
neoclassical, built in twelve
years starting in 1737, to
house the Radcliffe
science library.
The tree of Jess in the west
window of St. Mary the
Virgin University Church.
This is part of the porch
on which King Charles I
was executed for treason.
King Charles III has so far
escaped similar treatment.
The pillar is the same design
as the Solomonic pillars
at the main altar of the Vatican.
It's the south entrance to
the St. Mary the Virgin
University Church.
A Bishop outside a college
entrance. Chancellor to two
kings, Walter de Merton also
founded Oxford's third oldest
college, Merton. The college's
first and only Prime Minister
thus far is Liz Truss. Of the 61
Prime Ministers of England
since 1721, only one is from
Merton's, the long-serving and
beloved Liz Truss, who
spent all of 50 days as PM.
The Tower of
Magdalen College.
The spire of the
University Church.
A view of All Soul's North Quad
building from behind the wall
into Queen's Lane.
Coming out of the dining
hall of New College. The
ceiling above was made of
stone to protect the stored deeds
of the college's wealthy were
stored. The stones were
fireplace.
The quad at New College.
The cloisters of the New College chapel.
A different angle of
the New College quad.
Oxford's Bridge of Sighs, modeled on
Venice. It connects two parts of
Hertford College. Whilst looking
quite old, it was completed in 1914.
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