11 February 2023

This Is London


Letter sent by Laura (the UK), with postcards of Guildhall Art Gallery. The Amphitheatre, on the basement of the building, was rediscovered by archaeologists working on the site in 1988.

Guildhall Art Gallery

London's Roman Amphitheatre

The Eve of St Agnes, 1848
William Holman Hunt

2 comments:

  1. Amazing that cities are often built on top of previous versions of themselves

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    1. And amazing that they had forgotten (?) the amphitheatre existed!

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