Kent
Kent, from latin "Cantium", is a county of England, in the south-east of London
About Kent...
It's divided by 13 districts:
1. Sevenoaks
2. Dartford
3. Gravesham
4. Tonbridge and Malling
5. Medway (unitary authority)
6. Maidstone
7. Tunbridge Wells
8. Swale
9. Ashford
10. Canterbury
11. Shepway
12. Thanet
13. Dover
Something about Canterbury...
The famous Canterbury Tales, written in XIV century by Geoffrey Chaucer, talk about the journey of a group of pilgrims from London to the sanctuary of Thomas Becket. Two of the tales have been written in prose, the others in verse. Chaucer wanted every pilgrim related four different stories, just like in Boccaccio's Decameron. But otherwise, Chaucer is one of the characters of the story.
In middle XVI century the religious reforms of Henry VIII, that entailed the abolition of the religious orders and the worship of the Saints, put an end to this prosperity and reduced the relevance of Canterbury.
Neither the cathedral eluded the changing: so the matters of the tales are the courtly love (love stories between knights and aristocratic women), and most of all the corruption of the church of that time.
Places to visit absolutely in Kent:
- Leeds Castle
- Canterbury Cathedral
What's its county town? What are its borders? How is it known?
And...
- Dover City
- South Foreland Lighthouse
- Castle and Port of Dover
Its county town is Canterbury, an important city of UK for its history and literature. Kent shares borders with East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London.
It's divided from Essex by the estuary of Thames.
Known as the "garden of England" for its landscapes,
it owns some of the best and most famous gardens of United Kingdom too; the most famous is probably Sissinghurst Garden, created by Vita Sackville-West in '30s.
The name "Kent" comes from British "cent", that means "edge" or "border", Latinized by Julius Caesar in "Cantium".
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