OXFORD

The city of the dreaming spires

Oxford is a British city in Oxfordshire, in the south of England.

This is the city of the dreaming spires.The University buildings are very beautiful.

An industrial city

It has 150.000 inhabitants, approximately.

Oxford is an industrial city. It has a car factory in Cowley. They are Morris cars.

A university city

The University of Oxford is very old and famous. The first colleges in Oxford are the University College (1249), Balliol College (1263) and Merton College (1264). Most of the colleges buildings are in the centre of Oxford.

Carfax

This tower is in the center of the city. You can see the city from it.

Carfax means place where four roads meet.

Bodleian Library

This is the main research library in the University.

It is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.

Radcliffe camera

It was a science library in 1748.

Now, it is a reading room of the Bodleian library.

It holds some 600.000 books in underground roooms.

It has paintings on the walls and the ceiling.

Sheldonian Theatre

The theatre is named after Gilbert Sheldon, one president of the University.

There are concerts, recitals, lectures and degree ceremonies in this building.

It is from 1669, and it is similar to the Theatre of Marcellus in Rome.

Ashmolean Museum

This is the first University museum.

It is an art gallery and an archaeology museum from 1683.

It has the world's largest collection of astrolabes.

Bibliography

www.oxfordcity.co.uk

es.wikipedia.org

Oxford in your pocket, Intermap

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Slideshow done by:

Daniel de Rojas MalpartidaandGabriel Lpez Callejo

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