England 2018:29 Ely

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Ely Cathedral
The cathedral from a traffic jam on the highway

Ely Cathedral
Nice tower

Ely Cathedral
The cathedral is big and impressive

Ely Cathedral
The west front

Ely Cathedral
Old north door

Ely Cathedral
South end of the lobby

Ely Cathedral
Painted ceiling of the lobby

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The nave

Ely Cathedral
Heavy Norman arches, with a large triforium and smaller clerestory windows

Ely Cathedral
The columns are huge

Ely Cathedral
Norwich had a beautiful ceiling. Ely's ceiling is painted with a series of a dozen different scenes.

Ely Cathedral
More of the ceiling

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End of the ceiling

Ely Cathedral
South aisle

Ely Cathedral
North end of the lobby

Ely Cathedral
North aisle

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Rood screen

Ely Cathedral
The crossing is called the Octagon Tower, because it has four tall sections like this, and the four branches of the crossing.

Ely Cathedral
The north-west window

Ely Cathedral
The north-east wall

Ely Cathedral
The north-east window

Ely Cathedral
The gorgeous center of the tower

Ely Cathedral
A close-up

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North transept

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Windows in the north transept - bottom

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Windows in the north transept - top

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Windows in the north transept - middle

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The south-east wall

Ely Cathedral
The south-east window

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The south-west wall

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The south-west window

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Ceiling of the transept

Ely Cathedral
Angels joining ceiling beams to wall

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The east window

Ely Cathedral
Ceiling of the very large Lady Chapel

Ely Cathedral
The Lady Chapel, one of the largest I've seen

Ely Cathedral
Beautiful tracery in the blind arcade

Ely Cathedral
Spiral stairs to the organ loft

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Stained glass window

Ely Cathedral
Bishop Alcock's chapel, begun in 1488

Ely Cathedral
Bishop Alcock's chapel, detail

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East window, like most of the stained glass, part of the Victorian restoration of the cathedral.

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The altar and reredos

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The choir

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Stained glass window

Ely Cathedral
Stained glass window

Ely Cathedral
Stained glass window

Ely Cathedral
Stained glass window

Ely Cathedral
Stained glass window

Ely Cathedral
Stained glass window

Ely Cathedral
South-west tower

Photo album generated by photo album generator from MarginalHacks by Dave Madison on Mon Jan 18 14:01:05 2021