Chichester - part two

After lunch we visited the Novium Museum which provided information about Chichester in Roman times.

On the wall were a number of mosaics discovered in the area.

The museum is in a new building built to display part of a bath-house excavated on the site.

This excavation shows other uses of the site through the centuries.

Being a Roman City reminders of the Roman past are constantly being discovered. Recently the remains of three Roman buildings have been detected at Priory Park. Reports by Chichester and District Archaeology Society:
Priory Park 2017
Priory Park 2018

We then went to Chichester Cathedral to explore inside the building. The building of the Cathedral commenced in 1075 and the building was concecrated in 1108.

View of Chichester Cathedral

The old bell tower at Chichester Cathedral

View inside Chichester Cathedral

View of roof inside Cathedral

Looking towards the organ

Stained glass window in the Chapel of St George

There is a variety of stained glass windows within the cathedral.

Marc Chagall window in the Cathedral (1978).

Shrine of Saint Richard

Saint Richard was a bishop at the Cathedral in the 13th Century and his shrine was a focal point until 1538 when Henry VIII had the shrine destroyed. The present Shrine of St Richard was created in 2011.

Statue of St Richard

A statue of St Richard stands in the cathedral grounds. We thought that he would make a good character in an episode of Dr Who.

Remains of Roman mosaics can be viewed in the Cathedral.

When we passed the Arundle tomb there was a feeling of familiarity so I decided to take some photos. Later I checked our Ancestry family tree and discovered that Richard FitzAlan (1307-1376) and Eleanor Plantagenet (1311-1372) were my 20 x great grandparents.

Leaving the Cathedral we wandered back to the Market Cross where we met the other members of the group and then returned to the coach.

Chichester is a great city to explore.