Oxford. Oxford University. Christmas Knowledge Day

Aleksey Solomatin writes: “In Oxford, we managed to visit Christ Church College, where the Harry Potter episodes were filmed, and Trinity College, famous for its famous alumni. Of course, Oxford is known primarily for its university. The university, in turn, consists of faculties and 38 colleges. You can read in detail about their structure and titles of Oxford University here.

It so happened that we arrived in Oxford on Christmas Day, December 25th, the weather was excellent and the streets of the city were deserted. Well, just a paradise for a tourist with a camera.”

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Oxford. Oxford University. Christmas Knowledge Day
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Oxford. Oxford University. Christmas Knowledge Day

1. The architecture in the center of Oxford is simply amazing

Oxford. Oxford University. Christmas Knowledge Day

2. Owners and tenants of buildings are prohibited from changing the appearance and they are required to maintain everything in its original form. For example, Oxford Russian Post

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3. And here is The Randolph Restaurant. Pay attention to the front door. In the Middle Ages, doors were opened up with a cable. Tall doorway abandoned and restored by owners

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4. England breathes tradition. They are in everything, including the details. Bench

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5. Lamppost base

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6. Mailbox

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7. Door

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8. Clock tower

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9. General plan

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10. Here we come to Christ Church College. Christmas. Do not get inside

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11. Let's look at least through the peephole

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12. From Wikipedia, I learned that it is here that the events described in the work “Alice in Wonderland” by the famous English writer Lewis Carroll take place. By the way, he was a graduate of this college in his youth. Christ Church College is also proud of the record number of graduates who have served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, there were thirteen of them.

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14. Courtyard of Christ Church College

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15. Opposite the college there is an Alice in Wonderland store (unfortunately it was closed)

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16. And a souvenir shop

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17. Let's move on. The Oxford Museum opened in 1975 in the former Oxford Public Library.

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18. Chic pub. Here you can see the website and menu: St Aldates Tavern

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19. Radcliffe Rotunda - one of the buildings of the Bodleian Library

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20. Ribbons are tied along the fence, apparently for the fulfillment of desires

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21. Behind the rotunda to the east lies the College of All Saints (All Souls College)

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22. In the absence of a “eye”, we look over the fence

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23. We continue the walk. This bridge reminded me a lot of the famous Venetian Rialto bridge

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24. Through an incredibly narrow street…..

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25. we get to the small and famous Turf Tavern (Turf Tavern)

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26. There are signs hanging on the walls of the tavern, what it is famous for and which of the public people visited it. For example, this tavern was a favorite place of former US President Bill Clinton during his studies at Oxford University.

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27. Further through another narrow lane we get to a nice hotel

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28. So we went to the building of the Sheldon Theater founded in the 17th century

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29. Terrible frame

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30. Classic is always in fashion

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31. I could not help but show you these cute birds

The end point of our walk was Trinity College. It was founded in the 16th century and produced quite a few famous graduates. Among them were cardinals and politicians, scientists and musicians. It's the only college you could get into on Christmas Day.

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32. In the main courtyard of the college, we were struck by a chic huge Christmas tree with big cones

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34. Courtyard

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35. On the territory of the college there is a bust of Cardinal Newman, a graduate of this college.

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36. Everything around is saturated with history

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40. Graduates of different years left emblems of their graduations on the walls

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41. I don’t know the correct name, here the students pray

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43. Nearby in the park, squirrels live quite calmly

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44. Well, at the end of the "Cambodian lion - guard" made of barbed wire and donated by college graduates (as it was written on the plate)

This concludes our walk through Christmas Oxford.

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