Medieval History
A £1 million plan was launched on Monday night to reinvent the ruins of Coventry Cathedral. It includes opening up three underground crypts and displaying pieces of priceless medieval stained glass.
Two new statues will also be unveiled, one to the 32,000 civilians killed in the Allied bombing of Dresden and Hamburg. And the ruin itself, already a world-famous symbol for peace and reconciliation, will be rededicated to all civilians killed in conflict.
The plans were unveiled by cathedral officials and Dr Jonathan Foyle, of the World Monuments Fund, on the 71st anniversary of the Coventry Blitz.
The £1million target includes the cost of urgent repairs, including stabilising and fixing a huge crack which threatens to destroy one of the ancient sandstone walls.
Click here to read this article from the Coventry Telegraph
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Medieval History
£1m plan launched to reinvent Coventry Cathedral ruins
A £1 million plan was launched on Monday night to reinvent the ruins of Coventry Cathedral. It includes opening up three underground crypts and displaying pieces of priceless medieval stained glass.
Two new statues will also be unveiled, one to the 32,000 civilians killed in the Allied bombing of Dresden and Hamburg. And the ruin itself, already a world-famous symbol for peace and reconciliation, will be rededicated to all civilians killed in conflict.
The plans were unveiled by cathedral officials and Dr Jonathan Foyle, of the World Monuments Fund, on the 71st anniversary of the Coventry Blitz.
The £1million target includes the cost of urgent repairs, including stabilising and fixing a huge crack which threatens to destroy one of the ancient sandstone walls.
Click here to read this article from the Coventry Telegraph
- Coventry Cathedral Ruins Benefit From £100,000 Donation For Restoration
American Express has donated $150,000 to help preserve the ruins of Coventry's old cathedral. The finance company has promised the money - about £100,000 - after an appeal for more than £2 million was launched last year when a large crack appeared...
- Coventry Cathedral Ruins In Danger Of Collapse
Parts of Coventry's cathedral ruins are in danger of collapse, the site's director has said. An urgent fundraising campaign has been started to raise money to repair the weather-damaged wall adjoining Bayley Lane, currently held up by scaffolding....
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Lichfield Cathedral has been awarded a £100,000 grant towards the cost of more urgent masonry repairs. The medieval building is in the grip of continued renovation and its naming as one of six English cathedrals to receive funding "could not have come...
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Vandals have smashed a priceless mediaeval stained glass window at the Parish Church of St John the Baptist. Located in the mediaeval Spon Street area of Coventry City Centre, the church sits alongside numerous bars and restaurants. Father Paul Such thinks...
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An historic city building faces an uncertain future because of cuts to the City College?s budget. The 14th century Charterhouse building in Whitley, a former monastery which became home to Charterhouse Training, is owned by City College Coventry. But...