Place details
Place nameCanterbury
Other namesCantorbéry, Cantwaraburn, Cantwarabyrig, Cantiensis, Cantuaria, Durovernum Cantiacorum, Cantiacorum, Durovernum
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude51.283
Longitude1.083
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Country's principal religious center, immortalized in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; badly damaged by Danes in 1011 and bombed during World War II; Protestants executed here under Mary I in the 1550s; weaving center in the 17th century; site of ruins of Roman walls and theater; cathedral begun in 1070; city has Norman walls also.
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