{"id":30,"date":"2006-06-18T20:40:19","date_gmt":"2006-06-18T20:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/paul.hodgkinson\/wordpress\/index.php\/2006\/06\/durham-views-cathedral\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:37:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:37:17","slug":"durham-views-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2006\/06\/durham-views-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham views: Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather in early June has been faultless (beginning to tail off now) providing the perfect opportunity to get some late evening shots (about 8 pm) of Durham city.  This first batch is from around the cathedral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2006\/06\/durham-views-cathedral\/palace-green\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Palace_Green-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Green\" title=\"Palace Green\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>View of the cathedral and the almshouses (far left) from Palace Green&#8211;the heart of historic Durham.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2006\/06\/durham-views-cathedral\/cathedral-central-tower\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Cathedral__central_tower_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cathedral central tower\" title=\"Cathedral central tower\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Close up of the central cathedral tower<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2006\/06\/durham-views-cathedral\/cathedral-main-entrance\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Cathedral__main_entrance_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cathedral  main entrance\" title=\"Cathedral  main entrance\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main (northern) entrace to the the cathedral.  The round arches are characteristic of the solid Norman architecture that sets the tone of the building.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2006\/06\/durham-views-cathedral\/cathedral-close\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Cathedral_close-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cathedral close\" title=\"Cathedral close\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Close is a little world apart to the south of the cathedral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2006\/06\/durham-views-cathedral\/dark-entry\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Dark_entry-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dark entry\" title=\"Dark entry\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The magnificently named Dark Entry leads from the riverside paths into the Cathedral Close.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2006\/06\/durham-views-cathedral\/cathedral-from-south-street\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Cathedral__from_South_Street_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cathedral from South Street\" title=\"Cathedral from South Street\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A classic view of the west face of the cathedral: lit by low evening sun from a viewpoint on South Street (which has property prices to match the  view&#8230;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather in early June has been faultless (beginning to tail off now) providing the perfect opportunity to get some late evening shots (about 8 pm) of Durham city. 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