Coventry: The Two Cathedrals and the Transport Museum
West Midlands, England
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Coventry: The Two Cathedrals and the Transport Museum
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Coventry's old cathedral, the medieval church of St Michael, was destroyed in the air raid of 14 November 1940, and its ruins stand beside Basil Spence's new cathedral, consecrated in 1962, with Graham Sutherland's giant tapestry Christ in Glory. The Coventry Transport Museum holds Thrust SSC, which set the land speed record in 1997, and on Spon Street timber-framed houses moved from elsewhere in the city have been rebuilt together.
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Walk through the ruins of the old cathedral, the medieval church of St Michael, destroyed on 14 November 1940, and into Basil Spence's new cathedral, consecrated in 1962, with Graham Sutherland's giant tapestry Christ in Glory
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of 4
Visit the Coventry Transport Museum, home to the Thrust SSC that set the land speed record in 1997
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of 4
Walk Spon Street, the medieval street where timber-framed houses were moved from elsewhere in the city
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See the Lady Godiva statue in Broadgate
Walk through the ruins of the old cathedral, the medieval church of St Michael, destroyed on 14 November 1940, and into Basil Spence's new cathedral, consecrated in 1962, with Graham Sutherland's giant tapestry Christ in Glory
Visit the Coventry Transport Museum, home to the Thrust SSC that set the land speed record in 1997
Walk Spon Street, the medieval street where timber-framed houses were moved from elsewhere in the city
See the Lady Godiva statue in Broadgate
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