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Norwich Anglican Cathedral view of the cloister. This area of covered walkway was used to separate the monks from the rest of the population during prayer. In the centre of this square cloister can be found a flat maze.
Norwich Cathedral. This panorama is centred on the Crossing, where the Nave the Choir and both Trans...
Norwich Anglican Cathedral is one of two Cathedrals in this fine East Anglian City. This place of Ch...
Inside the Norwich Anglican Cathedral at the far eastern end, beyond the High Altar, can be found thi...
Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich, in the English county of Nor...
360 degree view of the Royal Arcade in centre of Norwich, Norfolk. The Arcade was opened in 1899 and...
St Peter Mancroft is a parish church in the Church of England, in the centre of Norwich, Norfolk. It ...
The Forum in Norwich houses the public library.It also houses the BBC Radio Norfolk Studios 1 and 2, ...
The Forum Norwich is the major meeting place in the centre of Norwich. It was the East of England's ...
The Forum in Norwich was the East of England's Millenium Project. It houses the public library, cafe...
This is an early evening viiew of The Forum Norwich. It houses the BBC East radio and television bro...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
