Sujet

Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry, 23/03/1956. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

View of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Coventry Cathedral. Following the bombing of Coventry Cathedral in November 1940, a competition was launched in 1950 to find a design for a new cathedral. The winning design was by Sir Basil Spence (1907-1976) from one of over 200 designs submitted. Building work took place between the mid-1950s and 1962. Queen Elizabeth II laid the foundation stone on 23th March 1956.

Date

1956

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21A84_093

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

127,3Mo (4,4Mo) / 51,0cm x 62,5cm / 6024 x 7384 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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