HOW TO TOUR COVENTRY BY WALKING - COVENTRY TRAVEL GUIDE - BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN COVENTRY - UK

COVENTRY - UK CITY OF CULTURE 2021 The birthplace of the Godiva legend and the motor car in Britain, a medieval walled city and 20th century industrial powerhouse, victim of blitzkrieg and a centre of international peace and reconciliation, Coventry is like no other British city. Coventry was a scattered settlement when Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and his wife Godiva founded a church which was dedicated here in 1043. By the end of the 14th century, Coventry had become the fourth most powerful city in England. Enormous wealth, from the sale of high quality fleeces from Midlands sheep, had paved the streets and lined them with a number of handsome buildings in sandstone and timber frame. Coventry soon became a major centre of pilgrimage. The Benedictines, Carthusians, Carmelites and Franciscans all had religious houses in the city and Coventry's Royal Charter of 1345 was the first of its kind in England. With a two-mile town wall to rival London's, trade guilds whose membership stretched right across Europe and royal patronage in the shape of Coventry-held Parliaments, the city's fortunes seemed secure. #coventry #uk #westmidlands #travelguide #tour #touruk #toureurope #beautifulplaces #placestovisit #attractions

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