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  1. King's College Chapel. King's College Chapel plays a central role in College life, as well as being the most instantly recognizable and iconic building in Cambridge. In addition to being a place of daily worship during term-time, it is where new students matriculate, where Fellows are admitted, and where the Choir performs concerts and records ...

  2. King's College Chapel is the chapel of King's College in the University of Cambridge. It is considered one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular Gothic English architecture and features the world's largest fan vault. [3] The Chapel was built in phases by a succession of kings of England from 1446 to 1515, a period which spanned the Wars ...

  3. King's Over the Centuries. King’s College Chapel is the oldest surviving building within the College site and perhaps the most iconic building in Cambridge. Work on this Chapel only started five years after King’s College was founded by Henry VI in 1441.

  4. Our public services are choral. On most occasions the College Choir sings and on Mondays it is our mixed voice choir, King's Voices. The congregation is invited to join in with the singing of hymns at weekend services and on other special occasions. Plainsong is often sung at services here — often in Latin: especially at Sung Eucharists.

  5. Nov 24, 2020 · History of King’s College Chapel. Like the Eiffel Tower in Paris or Rome’s Colosseum, it is such an iconic and immediately recognisable building in Cambridge it’s used around the world as a symbol for the entire city. It was built between 1446 and 1515 by a succession of English Kings starting with Henry VI who laid the foundation stone ...

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  6. Dec 16, 2015 · King’s College Chapel: A History and Commentary by John Saltmarsh is published by Jarrold Publishing (2015). The book is edited by Peter Monteith, assistant archivist at King’s College, and Dr Bert Vaux, linguistics specialist and fellow of King’s. It is available from The Shop at King’s.

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  8. King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. [4] This college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city. King's was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI soon after founding its sister institution, Eton College.

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