Canterbury, Kent, England

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Canterbury, Kent, England is a historic cathedral city in southeastern England renowned as a major center of medieval pilgrimage and the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cathedral city
city
country United Kingdom
famousFor Canterbury Cathedral
The Canterbury Tales
medieval pilgrimage
hasCathedral Canterbury Cathedral
surface form: Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury
hasDialCode 01227
hasEducationalInstitution University for the Creative Arts (Canterbury campus)
hasGoverningBody Canterbury
surface form: Canterbury City Council
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasHistoricCounty Kent
hasHistoricFunction ecclesiastical center of England
medieval pilgrimage center
hasLandmark Canterbury Castle
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Christ Church University campus
Canterbury Roman Museum
St Augustine's Abbey
St Martin's Church
The Marlowe Theatre
Westgate Towers
hasLiteraryConnection Geoffrey Chaucer
hasLiteraryWorkSetIn The Canterbury Tales
hasNotableEvent murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral
hasPostcodeArea CT
hasRailConnection Ashford
Dover
London, England
surface form: London

Ramsgate
hasReligiousSignificance center of the Church of England
major Christian pilgrimage site
hasTransport Canterbury East railway station
Canterbury West railway station
hasUniversity Canterbury Christ Church University campus
surface form: Canterbury Christ Church University

University of Kent
isCountyTownOf Kent
isEcclesiasticalCenterOf Anglican Communion
Church of England
isPartOf City of Canterbury local government district
isSeatOf Archbishop of Canterbury
locatedIn England
Kent
South East England
locatedOnRiver River Stour
twinnedWith Bloomington, Indiana
Reims
Vladimir
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent Canterbury Cathedral
St Augustine's Abbey
St Martin's Church

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Bayeux Tapestry associatedWith Canterbury, Kent, England
this entity surface form: Canterbury, England (probable workshop)
Kent hasHistoricCity Canterbury, Kent, England
this entity surface form: Canterbury
Kent hasMajorTown Canterbury, Kent, England
this entity surface form: Canterbury
Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral locatedIn Canterbury, Kent, England
Orlando Bloom placeOfBirth Canterbury, Kent, England
Ian Fleming placeOfDeath Canterbury, Kent, England