United Kingdom - Canterbury, England

Tony Austin - United Kingdom - 10.08.2012

Canterbury Cathedral, England. 

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour. 

Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England  and forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury. 

Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt 1070-77. 

UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 as Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey, and St. Martin's Church.