Canterbury Cathedral
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| Canterbury Cathedral | |
| Location | Canterbury, England, United Kingdom |
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| Building Type | Cathedral |
| Climate | Mild Temperate |
| Context | Small Town or City |
| Architectural Style | Gothic |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Sites | |
| Name | Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey, and St. Martin's Church |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, vi |
| UNESCO Site ID | 496 |
| Year of Listing | 1988 |
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"Canterbury, in Kent, has been the seat of the spiritual head of the Church of England for nearly five centuries. Canterbury's other important monuments are the modest Church of St Martin, the oldest church in England; the ruins of the Abbey of St Augustine, a reminder of the saint's evangelizing role in the Heptarchy from 597; and Christ Church Cathedral, a breathtaking mixture of Romanesque and Perpendicular Gothic, where Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in 1170." —UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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