Radcliffe camera
The circular dome and drum of the Radcliffe Camera is one of the most distinctive landmarks in a city full of distinctive buildings The camera the word means simply room was built 1737 1749 with 40 000 bequeathed by Dr John Radcliffe the royal physician The Radcliffe Camera architects Nicholas Hawksmoor responsible for much of All Soul s College and James Gibbs main reading room of the Bodleian Library The finished building holds some 600 000 books in underground rooms beneath Radcliffe Square dreaming spires study college
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Location: Europe European EU GB UK Great Britain United Kingdom British England English Oxford
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