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Glimpse of new £15.5 million attraction showing everyday life in Roman Leicester
Visitors will have the chance to travel back in time to explore the baths complex
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How the new look Jewry Wall museum would appear (Image: LCC)
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New images have given a glimpse of what the Jewry Wall Museum will look like when it has been converted into a visitor centre telling the story of Roman Leicester.
The 10 wonders of ancient Leicester that everyone should know about
Some of the city s architectural gems are hiding in plain sight
The former Eastgates Coffee House
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Many people think of Leicester as largely concrete city that paved over most of its historic gems.
The Viking Invasion of Leicestershire
We know exactly when the Viking Age
began in England – it was more than 1,200 years ago – on June 8, 793. That was
the day when invading Norsemen destroyed the Abbey church on the island of
Lindisfarne, off the north-east coast of England. Lindisfarne was a centre of
learning famous across the continent – but that meant nothing to these fierce
invaders.
The Vikings arrived in England in 793 AD
Monks were either killed in the abbey,
thrown into the sea to drown or carried away as slaves – along with the church’s
treasures. The devastation of Northumbria’s Holy Island shocked Europe. “Never
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