Tableau showing the execution of Saint Alban during Albantide pilgrimage


During the annual St Albans festival there is a celebration of Albantide, which commemorates Alban, the first English saint, by staging a procession retracing his final journey to execution and martyrdom. The procession includes a number of giant puppets representing figures from the time and presents various tableaux along the route showing events reputed to have occurred.


Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: St Albans, Herts, UK
Photo credit: © Jonathan Ball / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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