Nature and Abbey

The Cathedral, the former church of the Benedictine Abbey of St.. Verborgi, dedicated to Christ and the Holy Virgin Mary. In 1093, a Benedictine abbey was founded here and the oldest surviving buildings date from this period. The church of the abbey and the cathedral church at that time was the church of sv. John the Baptist, then the episcopal pulpit was moved to nearby Coventry.
The cathedral was heavily damaged by parliamentary forces during the Civil War, and its stained glass windows are mainly of the 19th century, as was the organ. The cathedral stores old gold and silver church utensils of the 17th and 18th centuries. Also here you can see beautiful mosaic floors and amazing patterns of woodcarving. The library of the cathedral has its history since the time of the abbey of St. Verborgi.

Spec Hall is a country estate of the Tudor era, an excellent example of half-timbered technology. Construction of the existing house began in 1530, earlier buildings were incorporated into the building structure. In 1531 the Large or Oak drawing room was built. The last big changes were made in 1598, when the northern part of the building was rebuilt. Since then, the building has hardly changed, and this is one of the oldest surviving buildings of this kind.
In many English castles and country estates there are secret passages or shelters where you can instantly hide or through which you can hide if necessary. Such secret shelters were especially popular during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when the Catholic faith was outlawed and Catholic priests were persecuted as state criminals and traitors.
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