Dublin's Medieval Mile: Gate, Cathedral and the Viking City
Dublin, Ireland
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Dublin's Medieval Mile: Gate, Cathedral and the Viking City
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Cook Street holds the only surviving gate of Dublin's medieval city walls — St Audoen's Arch, built in the 13th century. A three-minute walk uphill reaches Christ Church Cathedral, where the mummified heart of St. Laurence O'Toole, patron saint of Dublin, sits in a heart-shaped reliquary in the Chapel of St. Laud — stolen in 2012, found in the Phoenix Park in 2018 and handed back to the cathedral that April. Dublinia's Viking and medieval heritage centre connects directly to the Cathedral by a covered bridge.
Required Activities
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of 4
On Cook Street, pass through St Audoen's Arch, the only surviving gate of Dublin's medieval walls, and climb the steps from it to the church above
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of 4
In Christ Church, find the heart of St Laurence O'Toole in the Chapel of St Laud — stolen in 2012, found in the Phoenix Park in 2018 and back in its heart-shaped box
3
of 4
Cross Street's covered stone bridge of the 1870s into Dublinia and walk through the reconstructed Viking longhouse
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of 4
In Dublinia's excavation display, find the skull with the healed sword cut across the crown — a Viking-age man who survived a blade wound to the skull; the healed bone shows he lived for years afterward
On Cook Street, pass through St Audoen's Arch, the only surviving gate of Dublin's medieval walls, and climb the steps from it to the church above
In Christ Church, find the heart of St Laurence O'Toole in the Chapel of St Laud — stolen in 2012, found in the Phoenix Park in 2018 and back in its heart-shaped box
Cross Street's covered stone bridge of the 1870s into Dublinia and walk through the reconstructed Viking longhouse
In Dublinia's excavation display, find the skull with the healed sword cut across the crown — a Viking-age man who survived a blade wound to the skull; the healed bone shows he lived for years afterward
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