The Radcliffe Camera From University Church Tower by carolmw

The Radcliffe Camera From University Church Tower

The circular dome and drum of the Radcliffe Camera provides one of Oxford's most iconic sights, and is a distinctive landmark in a city full of distinctive landmarks! The camera (the word means simply "room") was built 1737-1749 with £40,000 bequeathed by Dr John Radcliffe, the royal physician.

The Radcliffe Camera was intended to house a new library, and designs were called for from several leading architects, including Nicholas Hawksmoor (responsible for much of All Soul's College) and James Gibbs.

It was Gibbs who won the competition, with his elegant Palladian design, though his final plans drew heavily on earlier work by Hawksmoor. Gibbs was also responsible for the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, in Trafalgar Square, London.

Originally the library in the Radcliffe Camera held both scientific and general books, but those collections were gradually moved to other University libraries, so that today the Camera functions as the main reading room of the Bodleian Library. The finished building holds some 600,000 books in underground rooms beneath Radcliffe Square.
Rosie climbed up the church tower to get aerial shots of Oxford.I could have climbed up there in my younger days,but there's no way I could manage it nowadays.

Sadly, the Radcliffe Camera is not open to the public.
Many thanks for all your views,comments and favs,always much appreciated.
This is spectacular!
February 19th, 2016  
Fabulous shot and interesting story too.
February 19th, 2016  
looking at this I have theme tune to Inspector Morse running through my head.
February 19th, 2016  
What a great stunning view, and a different perspective of the 'rad cam' and the centre of Oxford ... a cracking shot.
February 19th, 2016  
Stunning and fav!
February 19th, 2016  
Fascinating!
February 19th, 2016  
beautiful!
February 19th, 2016  
This truly stands out on my feed today, beautiful architecture and blue skies!
February 19th, 2016  
Absolutely beautiful. Fav!
February 19th, 2016  
Beautiful city !
February 19th, 2016  
Really great shot carol. Wonderful pov from a fantastic vantage point.
February 19th, 2016  
Wonderful capture of architectural details, depth, light
February 19th, 2016  
Wonderful pov and great details. I love that building. It must have been quite something to see it from such a high pov - certainly appears so from what I see here!
February 19th, 2016  
Wonderful capture, fav
February 19th, 2016  
A stunning capture.
February 19th, 2016  
Love your pov and details, so interesting, nice processing and a fav for me
February 19th, 2016  
amazing clarity of your shot, awesome
February 19th, 2016  
Fantastic capture and a stunning sky as well. an instant FAV
February 19th, 2016  
Wonderful shot. Fav
February 19th, 2016  
Beautiful, a great view of the fabulous iconic buildings in Oxford. Wonderful Fav
February 19th, 2016  
Terrific :)
February 19th, 2016  
Super clear shot - that cloud looks interesting, almost like it comes from the building.
February 19th, 2016  
Nicely photographed
February 19th, 2016  
Ann
BEAUTIFUL SHOT FAV.
February 19th, 2016  
Quite an amazing cityscapes of one of my favorite cities. It's an iconic image and so well captured.
February 19th, 2016  
Super architecture, lovely shot.
February 19th, 2016  
What a fantastic shot and great processing Carol - Fav
February 19th, 2016  
This is absolutely stunning! A wonderful piece of art. FaVulous!
February 19th, 2016  
beautiful.
February 19th, 2016  
Absolutely gorgeous, FAV
February 20th, 2016  
I love the way this is lighted and how you processed it! It looks 3 dimensional! FAV!
February 20th, 2016  
Beautiful city. A FAV
February 20th, 2016  
Stunning detail!
February 20th, 2016  
Fav!
February 20th, 2016  
Fabulous view!
February 20th, 2016  
Great shot. Fav
February 20th, 2016  
What a lovely shot... conveys the very essence of Oxford beautifully!
February 20th, 2016  
beautiful processing
February 20th, 2016  
Beautiful building, beautiful light and color , wonderful clarity.
February 20th, 2016  
Awesome POV and the colors/lighting are perfect!
February 20th, 2016  
Lee
Incredible colour and detail, not to mention the subject. fav
February 20th, 2016  
Amazing shot
February 21st, 2016  
Excellent photo
February 24th, 2016  
Congrats on TT! A stunning architectural shot!
March 1st, 2016  
Congratulations Carol on your beautiful photograph making it to the Top Twenty! It's is very well deserved!
March 2nd, 2016  
Great shot. Love it as it really grabbed my attention. Congratulations.
March 2nd, 2016  
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