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Emmanuel College, Cambridge UniversityEmmanuel College was founded in 1584, but the most striking and attractive building is the college chapel, built in 1677 by Sir Christopher Wren. The main entrance is from St. Andrew's Street, past a versy small garden space. The front is a neo-classical addition of 1769-75, built by James Essex. Wren's chapel is in Front Court, joined to the cloister and Long Gallery, while the hall is to your left as you enter. Within the chapel is a memorial to John Harvard, a former student who went on to found Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts. In
New Court is an herb garden, a memory, perhaps, of the Dominican
priory which held this land before the college took it over following
the Reformation. Remnants of the priory buildings remain, notably
in the walls of the library. Contact
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