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Bristol Cathedral

#13 of 85 things to do in Bristol

#5606 of 49020 things to do in Europe

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Lonely Planet review for Bristol Cathedral

Originally founded as the church of an Augustinian monastery in 1140, Bristol Cathedral has a fine Norman chapter house and gate, while the attractive chapels have eccentric carvings and impressive heraldic glass. Although much of the nave and the west towers date from the 19th century, the 14th-century choir has fascinating misericords depicting apes in hell, quarrelling couples and dancing bears.

The south transept shelters a rare Saxon carving of the 'Harrowing of Hell', discovered under the chapter-house floor after a 19th-century fire.

 

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