In September 2023 we visited Cambridge as whilst we were staying in the area to see the Duxford Airshow. We spent the afternoon mainly looking round the University buildings. Since our last visit to the city quite a few years ago, the various colleges have started charging entrance fees, so they are mainly out of bounds. However, Pat spoke very nicely to the chap who was looking after one of the entrance gates to King's College and he kindly let us go in for free!
The young King Henry VI laid the foundation stone of "King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge" in 1441. King's College was one of his two "royal and religious" foundations, the other being Eton College. Both colleges were to admit a maximum of 70 scholars drawn from poor backgrounds, the boys from Eton being guaranteed automatic and exclusive entry into King's College.
Here are some photos taken in and around the King's College Chapel
This is the "Adoration of the Magi", painted by Rubens in 1634. It was originally painted for the Convent of the White Nuns at Louvain in Belgium but was donated to the College in 1961.
This is the "Mathematical Bridge". It's name comes from the fact that it appears to be arched whereas it is made out of straight timbers.