King’s College Chapel

King's College Chapel is the of 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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: chapel in King’s College, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Also known as: “King’s College Chapel, Cambridge”
  • Address: King’s Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1ST
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include King’s College and Trinity College.

University
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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. The college lies beside the and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city. is situated 440 feet southwest of King’s College Chapel.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. is situated 850 feet northwest of King’s College Chapel.

University
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, commonly known as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in , England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest. is situated 470 feet north of King’s College Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Cambridge Castle.

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is a university city in in . It is a city of crocuses and daffodils on the Backs, of green open spaces and cattle grazing only 500 yards from the market square.

Locality
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, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in , , England. Built after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to control the strategically important route to the north of England, it played a role in the conflicts of the Anarchy and the First and Second Barons' Wars.

Suburb
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is a suburb and electoral ward in , England. As of the 2021 UK census, the ward had a population of 11,374.

King’s College Chapel

Latitude
52.20478° or 52° 12′ 17″ north
Longitude
0.11654° or 0° 6′ 60″ east
Height
95 feet (29 metres)
Operator
King’s College (University of Cambridge)
Open location code
9F426438+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 164848633
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q1263246
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“King’s College Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة كلية الملك، كامبريدج”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة كلية الملك”
  • Armenian: “Թագավորական քոլեջի մատուռ”
  • Belarusian: “Капліца Каралеўскага каледжа”
  • Catalan: “Capella del King’s College (Cambridge)”
  • Chinese: “国王学院礼拜堂”
  • Chinese: “國王學院禮拜堂”
  • Czech: “King’s College Chapel”
  • Dutch: “De koninklijke kapel van King’s College in cambridge”
  • Dutch: “King’s College Chapel (Cambridge)”
  • Dutch: “King’s College Chapel”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijke kapel van King’s College”
  • French: “King’s College Chapel”
  • German: “King’s College Chapel”
  • Greek: “Παρεκκλήσι του Βασιλικού Κολεγίου του Λονδίνου”
  • Hebrew: “קפלת קינגס קולג‘”
  • Hebrew: “קפלת קינגס קולג’”
  • Italian: “Cappella del King’s College”
  • Japanese: “キングス・カレッジ・チャペル”
  • Latvian: “Karaliskās koledžas kapela”
  • Persian: “کلیسای کالج کینگ”
  • Polish: “King’s College Chapel”
  • Portuguese: “King’s College Chapel”
  • Russian: “Капелла Королевского колледжа”
  • Russian: “Часовня Королевского колледжа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “King’s College Chapel”
  • Slovenian: “Kapela Kraljevega kolidža, Cambridge”
  • Slovenian: “King’s College Chapel”
  • Spanish: “Capilla del King’s College”
  • Swedish: “King’s College Chapel”
  • Turkish: “King’s College Şapeli”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapilya han King’s College Cambridge”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapilya han King’s College, Cambridge”
  • Yue Chinese: “國王學院禮拜堂”

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