Oxford is often referred to as a living open-air museum, as the history of the university town is on display through its 1,000 years of architecture. Settled by the Saxons in the 8th century AD, the city became a center of learning starting around the 11th century. Since then, successive generations of intellectuals and architects have consciously left their mark on the city’s skyline, known as the Dreaming Spires because of the number of mediev…
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