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A c. 1610 CE posthumous portrait of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE) showing the queen near the end of her days and with death hovering behind her. Although she has aged (an unusual for her official portraits while alive), Elizabeth...

Painted picture of Persian poet Rumi (1207-1273 CE) under glass on the outside of the museum office. At Rumi's Mosque, Konya, Turkey

The scissor arches in Wells Cathedral constructed between 1338-48 CE by master mason William Joy (1329-1348 CE).

The site where the monks of Glastonbury Abbey supposedly discovered King Arthur and his wife Guinevere’s burial site in 1191 CE. According to the story, Arthur and Guinevere were later reburied under the main altar by King Edward I of England...

The ruins of the Great Church at Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset. The church was constructed during the 12th and early 13th centuries CE after a fire ruined the Old Church in 1184 CE.

The Bishop's Palace was built to accommodate the Bishop of Wells and dates from the 13th century CE.

The pools of Wells in Somerset, and the back of Wells Cathedral dating from the the 12th century CE.

The construction of the Early English Gothic styled Wells Cathedral, Somerset started during the 12th century CE.

The Vicars' Close in Wells, Somerset was built in the 14th century CE on the orders of Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury and was meant to provide communal accommodation for the Vicars Choral.

The Glastonbury Tor consists of the remaining church tower from the Church of St. Michael, constructed in the 14th century CE. It stands on top of the distinctive hill on the Somerset Levels.