Spring break to meet Oxford

C’est à Oxford, dans cette petite ville anglaise, chargée d’histoire que nous avons passé notre dimanche ♥

Oxford est notamment connu pour l’incontournable Christ Church l’un des plus grands et plus riches collèges de l’Université d’Oxford. qui date de presque 500 ans ! Mais c’est aussi à Oxford qu’est née Alice et que Lewis Caroll a trouvé l’inspiration pour son Wonderland.

Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) enseignait à Christ Church. Il s’est lié d’amitié avec le doyen du collège et sa fille de dix ans Alice Liddell. Elle demanda a Lewis Carroll de lui écrire une histoire spécialement pour elle. Et voilà comment est né le célèbre livre.

C’est aussi grace à cette ville dans ce style so British que vous retrouverez l’univers d’Harry Potter et certains lieux de tournage des films !

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Christ Church Cathedral

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L’université d’Oxford est la plus ancienne d’Angleterre et l’une des plus prestigieuses du monde. Elle compte actuellement environ 19 000 étudiants répartis dans 39 collège. On commencera par visiter la Christ Church ! L’architecture m’a vraiment transportée dans l’univers d’Harry Potter ♥

Le collège a d’ailleurs été utilisé pour tourner la scène des escaliers et également inspirer les décors de la Grande Salle des deux premiers films d’Harry Potter. » C’est ici aussi que Lewis Carroll s’est inspiré d’Alice Liddell, la fille du doyen de Christ Church pour créer son personnage d’Alice au pays des merveilles.

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The college’s grand staircase features in both The Philosopher’s Stone and The Chamber of Secrets.

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Christ Church’s Great Hall, the centre of college life and the inspiration for Hogwarts’ own Great Hall

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Tom Tower, designed by Christopher Wren.

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Christ Church Cathedral

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University Church of St Mary the Virgin

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The Queen’s College

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Hertford Bridge, 1914.

Nous sommes passées sous ce joli pont qui relie Hertford College à la célèbre Bodleian Library. Et derrière ce pont on peut apercevoir la petite coupole bleue du Sheldonian Theatre.

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Hertford Bridge, 1914.

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Bodleian Library, the second-largest library in Britain after the British Library.

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Radcliffe Camera

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View point from the Carfax Tower.

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Carfax Tower : 2.50£

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The Covered Market, Oxford.

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Holywell Cemetery

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Keble College Chapel

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Oxford University Parks

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Après cette journée à marcher dans les rues d’Oxford, nous sommes allées dans le joli parc de Oxford University pour profiter de cette magnifique journée chaude et ensoleillée avant de repartir pour Londres ♥

BUDGET

Bus aller-retour : 7£ (réserver à l’avance)

Christ Church : 7£ (avec la carte étudiante)

Les musées à voir : le Ashmolean Museum et le musée d’histoire naturelle de l’université d’Oxford

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3 Comments

  • prettynaive7

    Aaaaah je ne suis jamais allée à Oxford mais il est vrai que ça vend du rêve cette architecture harry potteresque <3

    15 mai 2016 at 20 h 47 min Reply
  • Jules G

    L'architecture est grandiose *-* Sérieux, si je dois aller en Angleterre un jour, c'est obligé que je visite Oxford 🙂 Tes photographies sont hyper belles en tout cas 😉

    Bises ma belle <3

    19 mai 2016 at 22 h 00 min Reply
  • A bunch of futilities

    J'adoooore l'architecture! J'ai une amie qui est justement en stage à Oxford, j'espère pouvoir y aller pour découvrir tout ça! En tout cas très belles photos et merci pour la balade! 😀

    26 mai 2016 at 14 h 12 min Reply

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