Life and Vincent: Not London Wall

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Not London Wall

I was hoping to get a few shots of the remnants of London Wall, small parts of which are visible in places around the City of London. There are Roman and Medieval segments and sometimes layers showing both. But my feet wanted to drop off.

There were so many churches on my walk - I'm not exaggerating to say they are every few hundred yards. Most are late 17th or early 18th century, the originals having been burn down in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Some are even by Wren, the architect of St Paul's Cathedral.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...: What a wnderful slideshow - next time I'm in London, I need to 'visit' those (very grand) toilets ;0); 9:18 pm
SnarkAngel said...: Thanks so much for the tour, Val! I very much want to visit London some day. My parents visited a bit more than a year ago. One day I'll make it to the Mother Country. And you are right about that National Theater. Wow. Looks like something they would build in the States. Yikes!; 9:25 pm
Eliza said...: Thank you for the tour Val :-)

You should come to Oxford and have a wander,although I don't think we have any toilets quite as glamorous LOL; 9:43 pm
cathy said...: I'm sure London used to be prettier...

... about 36 years ago when I went on a school trip.

Thanks for the glimpse of England.; 10:11 pm
JoJo said...: How awesome! I love London. I love the British Isles! You have the coolest history. Say, have any Roman coins ever turned up in your garden?

That last sculpture of the Weber guys and his friends puking and peeing...what's the story behind it? That would NEVER fly in the USA. Some stupid asshole would "take offense at the obscene sculpture" and sue the city. Believe me. It happened in Lakewood.; 11:24 pm
Unknown said...: It's ages since I visited London so I really enjoyed the tour. Thanks Val!; 12:54 pm
Beth said...: This was very nice--thank you.

It's just mind boggling to me, as an American, that there is so much history in England as well as Europe. I think in the US we forget that sometimes--we are a fairly young country by world standards. It must be awesome for construction workers to stumble on Roman ruins and other antiquities. I know I'd be dumbstruck.

Also, seeing the Bank of England, I'm thinking that J.K. Rowling must have had that in mind when creating Gringotts.

I hope I can make it over to England one day, tour London and other outlying areas.; 2:44 pm
val said...: Sadly, JoJo, I'm too far out of Londinium to have any such luck - the City of London is also known as the Square Mile, so it's pretty small. If anyone had a villa hereabouts, all evidence is long since gone.; 2:49 pm
val said...: The thing about the sculptures/fountain is they are just sculpted hands and heads on lumps of volcanic rock. The woman peeing is doing so out of a piece of dark pumice, and is just suggested, really. People were standing around fascinated and amused, no-one seemed to take offence.; 4:55 pm
Anonymous said...: You write very well.; 5:11 pm

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Not London Wall

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