Cambridge: King's College Chapel and the Backs
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Cambridge: King's College Chapel and the Backs
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Henry VI began King's College Chapel in 1446 and it was finished in 1515, with its fan vault and Rubens's Adoration of the Magi. Punts go along the Backs past Queens' College's Mathematical Bridge and the Bridge of Sighs at St John's, the Fitzwilliam Museum was founded in 1816 on Viscount Fitzwilliam's bequest, and on the corner of Corpus Christi the Chronophage, a mechanical grasshopper, eats time on the gold face of the Corpus Clock.
Required Activities
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of 4
Take a punting tour on the River Cam along the Backs, passing Queens' College's Mathematical Bridge and the Bridge of Sighs of St John's College
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of 4
Visit King's College Chapel, begun in 1446 by Henry VI and completed in 1515, with its fan vault and Rubens's Adoration of the Magi
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of 4
Explore the Fitzwilliam Museum, founded in 1816 on Viscount Fitzwilliam's bequest
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of 4
See the Corpus Clock on the corner of Corpus Christi College, where the Chronophage eats the seconds on its gold face
Take a punting tour on the River Cam along the Backs, passing Queens' College's Mathematical Bridge and the Bridge of Sighs of St John's College
Visit King's College Chapel, begun in 1446 by Henry VI and completed in 1515, with its fan vault and Rubens's Adoration of the Magi
Explore the Fitzwilliam Museum, founded in 1816 on Viscount Fitzwilliam's bequest
See the Corpus Clock on the corner of Corpus Christi College, where the Chronophage eats the seconds on its gold face
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