Abingdon, Inghilterra - 12 luglio 2020; No people in shot. Saint Helen's Wharf è un luogo di bellezza famoso sul Tamigi, appena a monte del bri medievale
3888 x 5184 px | 32,9 x 43,9 cm | 13 x 17,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
12 luglio 2020
Altre informazioni:
Abingdon, England - 12 July 2020; No people in shot. Saint Helen's Wharf is a noted beauty spot on the River Thames, just upstream of the medieval bridge at Abingdon-on-Thames . The wharf was for centuries an important transport and shipping link up the Thames and between canals from Oxford and the Midlands. Fine merchant houses rub shoulders with alms houses and the noted Saxon-era Saint Helens Church. Its steeple, seen here, is visible from all around the town. A Christian place of worship has been at this location at the confluence of the Thames and Ock rivers since the year 995. In fact, a Saxon Minster may have been here since the 7th Century. The Church is named after St Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine, who made Christianity the official state religion of Rome. It is reputed that she visited the Holy Land in her old age and found fragments of the cross. Needless to say, this ancient church gives the later wharf its name. Here we see the wharf and church from the opposite (south) bank of the river, early on a fine summer morning, graced with dramatic cloudscapes. And a flock of majestic Canada Geese cruising past.
