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Introducing Coventry

The city was blitzed so badly in WWII that the Nazis coined a new verb ‘Coventrieren’, meaning ‘to flatten’. Postwar planning doomed Coventry to a nondescript concrete centre apart from the striking new cathedral, which was built alongside the bombed-out shell of the old. There are enough cathedrals to go round here – another even older one was recently excavated. The city also has an interesting industrial history as a prolific car-maker, the product of which can be seen in an absorbing transport museum.

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Last updated: Sep 22, 2008

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  1. aubo23 avatar
    RE: London to Scotland via Cotswolds

    by aubo23 08 May 2012

    There are few bus services from London to the Cotswolds and none from the Cotswolds to Scotland. From London you could get to Cirencester…
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    RE: Which city is most representative of your country?

    by KirstySS 23 April 2012

    +Was Leeds bombed in the war? A bombed town centre with hideous post-war buildings seems a key criteria+ Bradford, Coventry, Sheffield,…
  3. ben_hanscombe avatar
    RE: Which city is most representative of your country?

    by ben_hanscombe 21 April 2012

    Coventry's too shit and York's too historic. Leeds, maybe. >if the country is England. Fair point; I meant to say that but I didn't.…

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