{"id":257,"date":"2008-02-07T22:49:45","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T12:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=257"},"modified":"2008-02-07T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2008-02-07T12:49:45","slug":"radcliffe-camera-oxford-university-oxford-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/britain-ireland\/radcliffe-camera-oxford-university-oxford-england","title":{"rendered":"Radcliffe Camera &#8211; Oxford University &#8211; Oxford, England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/EnglandWales\/Oxford\/GB_0830.jpg.html\" title=\"Radcliffe Camera, Oxford University, England\">Radcliffe Camera <\/a>(<em>camera<\/em> meaning <em>room<\/em> in French), Oxford&#8217;s most distinctive building was constructed between 1737-1749 with funds bequeathed\u00a0\u00a0by Dr. John Radcliffe, a physician.\u00a0\u00a0 The building was originally intended to house a new library and designs were called for from several leading architects.\u00a0 James Gibbs&#8217; elegant design\u00a0won this competion.\u00a0 He was also responsible for the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/EnglandWales\/Oxford\/GB_0830.jpg.html\" title=\"Radcliffe Camera, Oxford University, England\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/8682-3\/GB_0830.jpg?resize=200%2C130\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Radcliffe Camera, Oxford University, England\" height=\"130\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 130px\" title=\"Radcliffe Camera, Oxford University, England\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This domed Baroque rotunda is now used as\u00a0the main\u00a0reading room of the Bodleian Library (building with spires to the right).\u00a0 There some 600,000 books in underground rooms beneath Radcliffe Square.\u00a0 Unfortunately Radcliffe Camera is not open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Helen\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radcliffe Camera (camera meaning room in French), Oxford&#8217;s most distinctive building was constructed between 1737-1749 with funds bequeathed\u00a0\u00a0by Dr. John Radcliffe, a physician.\u00a0\u00a0 The building was originally intended to house a new library and designs were called for from several leading architects.\u00a0 James Gibbs&#8217; elegant design\u00a0won this competion.\u00a0 He was also responsible for the Church [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain-ireland","category-england","category-things-to-see-oxford"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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