Canterbury

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cathedral city city historic city

Canterbury is a historic cathedral city in Kent, England, renowned for its medieval architecture and status as a major center of Christian pilgrimage.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cathedral city → city → historic city →
associatedWithAuthor	Geoffrey Chaucer →
associatedWithPerson	Thomas Becket →
country	United Kingdom →
economicActivity	education → retail and services → tourism →
famousFor	Canterbury Cathedral → The Canterbury Tales → medieval architecture →
foundedBy	Romans →
governedBy	Canterbury City Council →
hasArchbishop	Archbishop of Canterbury →
hasCathedral	Canterbury Cathedral →
hasCulturalInstitution	Canterbury Roman Museum → The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge → The Marlowe Theatre →
hasDialCode	01227 →
hasEducationalInstitution	University for the Creative Arts (Canterbury campus) →
hasLandmark	Canterbury Castle (ruins) → St Augustine's Abbey → St Martin's Church → Westgate Towers → medieval city walls →
hasPostcodeArea	CT →
hasStatus	World Heritage Site component →
hasTransport	Canterbury East railway station → Canterbury West railway station →
hasTwinTown	Bloomington, Indiana → Esztergom → Lille → Reims NERFINISHED → Vladimir →
hasUniversity	Canterbury Christ Church University → University of Kent NERFINISHED →
historicalEvent	murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral →
historicalPeriodOfGrowth	medieval period →
locatedIn	Kent → South East England →
locatedOnRiver	River Stour →
partOf	England →
pilgrimageDestinationSince	12th century →
region	historic county of Kent →
religiousRole	ecclesiastical centre of the Church of England → seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury → symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion →
religiousSignificance	major centre of Christian pilgrimage →
RomanName	Durovernum Cantiacorum →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent	Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church →

Referenced by (50)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Archbishop of Canterbury → Canterbury Cathedral → Dean of Canterbury → Old Palace, Canterbury → See of Canterbury → St Edmund's School, Canterbury →	locatedIn
Anselm of Canterbury → Augustine of Canterbury → Thomas Becket →	deathPlace
Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich → Diocese of Truro → Holy Trinity Church, Coventry →	ecclesiasticalProvince
Abdulrazak Gurnah → John Sharp → Margarete (second wife) →	residence
Anselm of Canterbury → Stephen Langton → Thomas Cranmer →	workLocation
Baedeker Blitz → Convocation of Canterbury →	location
Pilgrims’ Way route →	associatedWith
Augustine of Canterbury →	associatedWithPlace
South Thanet ("Canterbury (constituency)") →	borderedBy
Joseph Conrad →	burialPlace
historic county of Kent →	contains
Southern England →	containsCity
Murder in the Cathedral →	firstPerformanceCity
River Stour (Kent) →	flowsThrough
Canterbury, Kent, England ("Canterbury City Council") →	hasGoverningBody
South East England →	hasHistoricTown
River Stour (Kent) →	hasMajorTownOnCourse
Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral →	hasSeatIn
Archbishop of Canterbury →	hasSecondaryCathedralCity
River Stour (Kent) →	hasSettlementOnBank
historic county of Kent →	historicCountyTown
Diocese of Birmingham →	isInEcclesiasticalProvince
Diocese of Derby →	locatedInEcclesiasticalProvince
Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty →	locatedNear
Treaty of Canterbury →	locationSigned
Treaty of Canterbury →	namedAfter
Sandwich, Kent, England ("Canterbury, Kent") →	near
Port of Ramsgate →	nearbyCity
Ashford →	nearbyTown
Canterbury Cathedral ("Canterbury World Heritage Site") →	partOf
Thomas Becket →	patronage
Forty-Two Articles →	placeOfOrigin
The Canterbury Tales →	primaryLocation
Dover →	railConnectionTo
Pilgrims’ Way route →	terminus
Pilgrims’ Way →	traditionallyConnects