Trip to Cambridge

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Trip to Cambridge

• Sources
• Guide to Cambridge, Jarrold Colour Publications,
  1985
• BTA Guide to Britain, Cambridge and
  Cambridgeshire

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Content

• History
• Town and Gown
• The University and Colleges
• The Backs
• Punting
• The Guided Tour
• Pubs, restaurants, and tea rooms
• The open market

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History

• Cambridge started as an Anglo-Saxon settlement on
  the river Cam.
• In 1068 William the Conqueror built a castle
  here.
• In 1284 Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely founded
  Peterhouse, the first college
• And from then the story of the town and the
  university became one.

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Town and Gown

• Although the town had been established first,
  soon there was a rivalry between the university (
  Gown) and the townsmen (Town)
• There were clashes between the students and the
  townsmen, and although they were both guilty the
  students were always dealt with more leniently,
  as they had wealthy and influential patrons.

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The University and colleges

• The University consists of many colleges
• Each student has to be a member of a college,
  where he/she lives and has formal dinners at
  least for the first university year.
• The students go to lectures in their department
  but are supervised by their tutors in their
  college.
• They also use the library and chapel facilities
  in the college

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Kings College

• One of the most famous colleges with the most
  beautiful chapel

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Kings College Chapel

• On Christmas Eve Kings College Chapel has its
  largest congregation as all over the world people
  tune to BBC radio to listen to the Festival of
  Nine Lessons and Carols.

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The Altar

• In 1961 Sir Peter Paul gave Rubens Adoration of
  the Magi (1634) to the chapel to make it
  accessible to public eye. The contrast of the
  colour of the painting and the stained glass
  windows is astonishing.

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Trinity College

• This is the largest college in Cambridge and
  Oxford. It was founded by Henry VIII after the
  dissolution of the Monasteries.

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Christs College

• This was the first college which accepted
  pensioners, students who paid for their board
  but were taught by a lecturer appointed by the
  college.

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Queens College

• This college was founded three times, once by the
  rector of a church and twice by two different
  queens. It is well founded!!!

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Clare College

• This college has the most beautiful garden among
  all other colleges.
• The garden spreads from the college building to
  the river bank near The Backs.

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The Backs

• The Backs generally refers to the area along
  the river Cam. When the colleges were built their
  magnificent gates faced the street and their
  backs overlooked the river, which led to the
  name The Backs

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• The Senate House, the centre of the university
  administration and where students graduate at the
  end of their studies.

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Punting

• On a sunny summer day one of the best things to
  do is hiring a punt and gently gliding down the
  river.
• You can hire punts from the station at the Silver
  Street Bridge.
• Dont fall in the river!

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The Guided Tour

• The guides are normally very friendly. They are
  happy to answer your questions so dont be shy.
  They usually take you to colleges where they
  explain interesting details about life in
  Cambridge

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Pubs, restaurants, and tea rooms

• There are many nice pubs, restaurants and tea
  rooms in Cambridge.
• They are along Market Street and Kings Parade.
  For more detail look at the map on the next slide.

The round Church
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The Open Market

• The open Market just opposite Kings Parade has
  many interesting items, from fruit to paintings,
  clothes, toys, second-hand books etc. It is a
  good place to spend your left-over cash.

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Enjoy your visit

• For more information see
• Cambridge Tourist Information Centre The Old
  Library, Wheeler Street
• email tourism_at_cambridge.gov.uk
• http//www.cambridge.gov.uk/leisure/tourism

Fitzwilliam Museum Trumpington Street Cambrisge