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When I got the call to do this article
I thought for a while......
What is so great about this place????
No one likes me here, I don't like going anywhere here!!!!!!
but Salisbury is actually a beautiful historical city
The Cathedral Spire is actually the highest spire in Europe
What else is there...............
Salisbury is in Wiltshire, England
Although I actually don't live in the city itself, it is the nearest town/city to me
I am approximately an hour from the south coast of England, also approx an hour from the capital London, so there are lots of commuters who live in this area and still travel to London each day!!
Salisbury Cathedral
The most obvious place I should tell you about is Salisbury Cathedral.
www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/index.php
Now rather than me give you a whole load of information that I don't really know
I thought it was better to post you the link to the Salisbury Cathedral website. When on the homepage you will also see underneath the search buttons, a link to the gallery, there are lots of pictures to enjoy of and around the Cathedral.
The famous artist John Constable once did a beautiful and well know painting of Salisbury Cathedral
It really is a beautiful cathedral and the cathedral grounds around it are lovely to sit in and enjoy picnics before or after your tour of the Cathedral
Wilton House
www.wiltonhouse.co.uk/
Again I am cheating and giving you the link, but there are also lovely pictures in and around Wilton House too
Wilton House, has huge staterooms and landscaped parkland which have been used as a backdrop for several period dramas. Recently the House has been used also in the filming of several feature films such as Sense & Sensibility, The Madness of King George, Mrs Brown and Pride & Prejudice.
Old Sarum Castle
www.english-heritage.org.uk/oldsarum/
Legend has it that this was the original site of Salisbury Cathedral and when they decided to rebuild the Cathedral, an archer was to fire an arrow from Old Sarum Castle, wherever the arrow landed would be where they would build the Cathedral.
Must have been a fantastic bowman as the distance legend would have us believe between Old Sarum and the present Cathedral is almost 2 miles!!!!
Stonehenge
www.stonehenge.co.uk/
Now how can you do an article on Salisbury and not mention our biggest and most famous landmark of all!!!
People come from all over the world to see these stones, I admit they are pretty awesome, but when you pass them most days in your car, they do tend to lose a bit of their magic on you
So, this is my town!!!
As you can see it is all about History, yet at the same time it is also quite a modern city too
However it is definitely out numbered by all the many Historical and beautiful buildings of old
(June 2007) (
Shelley
