Medieval History
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 in one of the walls.
The cathedral is on the World Monuments Fund 2012 Watch List, a register of buildings worthy of preservation.
Funds will help restore the ruins and the original stained glass windows.
Click here to read this article from the BBC
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Medieval History
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 in one of the walls.
The cathedral is on the World Monuments Fund 2012 Watch List, a register of buildings worthy of preservation.
Funds will help restore the ruins and the original stained glass windows.
Click here to read this article from the BBC
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Treasures lost in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral since the Blitz are to be uncovered for the first time in 70 years. They include an underground network of ancient crypts and chapels, and a large haul of medieval stained glass windows. Dr Jonathan Foyle,...
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Helen Brower is a window cleaner and people pay five pounds ($7.25) an hour to watch her work. Brower is one of a half dozen glaziers hired to clean and restore the world?s largest collection of medieval stained-glass windows. They festoon York Minster,...
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