Revisited Rochester from a different point of view.

 

 

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Nothing fancy today. It’s just some park benches placed in the park next to St Paul’s Cathedral.

 

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These are some of the prominent statues erected around St Paul’s Cathedral. At the time of my visit, other than knowing that these are of someone important, I never did bother to look up who they were. On reviewing/reposting these photoes, I’ve found my answer.

This is the statue of Queen Anne which stands outside the west front of St Paul’s Cathedral. My sources (the internet) say that this is not the original that was erected in 1712, but a replica made by Francis Bird in 1886.

 

As for these ladies around the base of the statue, they represent England, France, Ireland and North America, as at that time Queen Anne considered herself to be queen of them all.

 

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Quick history lesson.

That magnificent dome to your left is St Paul’s Cathedral. This is the one built by Christopher Wren and was completed on 20 October 1708. What about the other St Paul’s Cathedral that I’ve implied? Well, they were built on the same site long ago but were burnt down one after another before this one was finally built.

That piece of modern structure to your right that we call a bridge, is The Millennium Bridge. At one time, it was coined ‘The Wobbly Bridge’. It was first opened to the public on 10 June 2000, and was closed to the public two days after it opened. The reason… well, it swayed, swung and oscillated too much. It was reopened on 27 February 2002.

 

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During one sight-seeing outing near St Paul’s Cathedral, we spotted a pair of these Mounted Police patrolling the streets. Don’t see much of these over here in my part of the world.

 

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