Ornament at Central Bristol bombed out church overlooks Avon
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Barrey / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3264 x 2448 px | 27.6 x 20.7 cm | 10.9 x 8.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
October 2014Location:
Bristol, Avon, England UKMore information:
River Avon wends its way through the City overlooked by a park and bombed out church Original warehouses now converted into attractive riverside apartment blocks Bristol suffered badly from Luftwaffe air raids in World War II, claiming some 1, 300 lives of people living and working in the city, with nearly 100, 000 buildings being damaged, at least 3, 000 of them beyond repair.[58][59] The original central shopping area, near the bridge and castle, is now a park containing two bombed out churches and some fragments of the castle. A third bomb-damaged church nearby, St Nicholas, has been restored and has been made into a museum. It houses a triptych by William Hogarth, painted for the high altar of St Mary Redcliffe in 1756. The museum also contains statues moved from Arno's Court Triumphal Arch, of King Edward I and King Edward III, taken from Lawfords' Gate of the city walls when they were demolished around 1760, and 13th century figures from Bristol's Newgate representing Robert, the builder of Bristol Castle, and Geoffrey de Montbray, Bishop of Coutances, builder of the fortified walls of the city.[60]