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Article in _Other online-travelguide about Bath Abbey from Jan 2007

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_Other online-travelguide   
Author:   Lonely Planet Guide
Date posted:14.02.2008 21:30
Found by:squidge, Occitanie


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Bath Abbey is England's "last great medieval church", built between 1499 and 1616, with a 19th century nave, described by the Lonely Planet Guide to have "wonderful fan vaulting". The Bishop Oliver King realized his dream by adding sculptures of angels climbing "up and down" the west façade by stone ladders.

Amongst the most interesting features of the abbey are the choir stalls, which are "carved" with "mythical beasts", the "small" Heritage Vaults Museum, which explains the abbey's history and contains "fine stone bosses" and "archaeological artefacts", and the tomb of Sir Isaac Pitman (of shorthand fame). Also, the abbey "boasts", after Westminster Abbey, the largest collection of "wall monuments".
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