We explored Coventry today with Diane and John. We walked through the city and saw the Lady Godiva monument and the Peeping Tom clock.
We visited Holy Trinity Church and spent time admiring the Doom painting of the Last Judgement, a relatively recently rediscovered early 15th century wall painting.
We then visited both the modern new Coventry Cathedral, a beautiful and surprising building, where we were lucky enough to attend a weekly organ recital, and the ruins of the old cathedral, a place of beauty and tranquillity. The charred cross formed as the cathedral burned in 1940 as two of the charred roof beams fell, the Altar of Reconciliation and the view of Coventry from the top of the spire which still stands were highlights. There is also a plaque where King George V1 stood to survey the wartime damage.
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