Brunswick Cathedral, where Caroline of Brunswick, the wife of English King George lV, is interred in the vaults.
I took these photos this morning of the flower stalls in the Cathedral Square. It was so sunny, and a great photo opportunity, with a multitude of flowers of all colours to picture. At 11.50, the Cathedral bells began to ring, announcing the start of an "Organ Recital," which takes place every Saturday at 12 noon, and which I like to attend.
Today´s works were by JS Bach, Gottfried Homilius and Johann Pachelbel. By chance I met a friend just outside the doors, and we were able to sit together and listen to the wonderful music, as it resounded around the huge space that is the airy nave, with its sturdy columns.
The "Bath Portal" centre, and left the "Bath Rose," climbing up the tower wall.
A first rose was presented to the city some years ago, and unfortunately was not happy, and passed on to the rose garden in the sky. This latest version is doing well, and has grown ever higher in the five years that I have been visiting. There is a "Brunswick Rose" in the Victoria Gardens in Bath.
The sorrowing figure of a woman stands against the cathedral wall.
Almost centre, standing in the shadows against the cathedral wall, is the stone carved monument dedicated to the hundreds of people killed during the bombing of Brunswick on the night of October 14th &15th 1944. Part of the cathedral was badly damaged, and many medieval wall paintings destroyed, although those at the high altar survived. In 2011, during our twinning visit, the Bishops of Bath and Brunswick laid red roses at her feet.
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