Vicars Close

Dodged the raindrops in Wells today. This is Vicars Close, a medieval cobbled street leading up to Wells Cathedral. It's famous for being the oldest continually occupied street in Europe, dating from the 1360s. The idea of the close was to keep the Cathedral Choir (the Vicars Choral) together in one place and away from the evil temptations of the city.

[Janiskay]

Very nice capture!

[Kerri Michaels]

nice...

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful! Love the history, pic!

[Linda]

Great capture and love the POV. The lovely buildings are a FAV. Today I think it would take more than a distance to keep evil temptations at bay... sadly.

[Yeshanghai]

Great POV and capture

[Ann T.]

Very nice POV.

[Carla]

Fantastic shot those pots look super x

[Rick]

Cool looking shot. Interesting information on these sites.

[Allie]

Love the pov...it shows off the symmetry.

[Nitrogene]

What a great capture! I love everything about it!

[Margo]

Love these grand old buildings A fav

[ShirleyB]

Lovely POV. Like the row of chimney pots.

[Christopher Cox]

I love the repetition

[Bep]

Fav. Such a beautiful building; love the endless row of chimney pots.

[Deborah McGavock]

Love that line of chimneys going into the distance.

[Joan Morvinson]

Wells is so lovely and this is a great capture

[Peter Day]

Admirable photography

[M0ments in time]

Lovely olde worlde picture

[Julienne Jones]

@pippie - I think you're right ... I doubt being closed away deterred the more determined vicars!

[Julienne Jones]

@shirleybankfarm @carla42 @woofandweft1 @gijsje - the chimneys are great aren't they? They were added a bit later but are a lovely feature of the street

[Julienne Jones]

@christophercox - I think the repetition is wonderful and it's great that when you stand at the end furthest from the cathedral and look down it seems to make the cathedral look even bigger and grander

[Julienne Jones]

@janiskay @moviegal1 @photographycrazy @yeshanghai @aat3877 @rickster549 @texastrails @nitrogene @777margo @jomo @peterday @mbmomentsintime - thanks! Wells is a lovely little city and this is one of the "must visit" spots

[Nova]

Wonderful shot Julienne, I like the repetition of the buildings, it really draws your eye into the image. :)