Sights in Coventry
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St Michael's Cathedral & Ruins
The pretty cathedral quarter is historically the richest part of the city. The wonderfully evocative cathedral ruins of St Michael's Church Cathedral, destroyed by Nazi incendiary bombs in the blitz of 14 November 1940, still stand as a permanent memorial. The 180 steps of its Gothic spire can be climbed for some panoramic views.
Symbolically adjoining the old cathedral's sandstone walls is the Sir Basil Spence-designed cathedral, a modern, almost Gothic, architectural masterpiece. It includes a giant Graham Sutherland tapestry of Christ, glorious stained-glass nave windows (best seen from the altar), and a towering etched glass front. Look out for the Jacob Epstein statu…
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Coventry Transport Museum
The extensive Coventry Transport Museum shows off the city's turbo-charged manufacturing past. It boasts the biggest collection of British-built vehicles in the world, most of them assembled in Coventry. They range from early bicycles to the slightly zippier Thrust SSC, the fastest land vehicle ever.
Millenium Place is the public square in front of Coventry Transport Museum. Its blue neon clock shows the time from countries around the globe.
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St Mary's Guildhall
This hall is where the town's trades came together in the Middle Ages to discuss town affairs. As one of England's finest guildhalls, it was chosen to be a jail for Mary Queen of Scots. Stained-glass windows glorify the kings of England; further down the hall, stands WC Marshall's statue of Lady Godiva. Look out for the medieval tapestry depicting Henry VI.
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Priory Visitor Centre
The story of the massive St Mary's cathedral, the original Coventry cathedral dismantled following the Reformation, is told in the small but well-presented Priory Visitor Centre.
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