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- the World War II bombing of Canterbury on 1 June 1942 revealed a mosaic pavement (pictured) which is now a scheduled monument, sheltered by the Roman Museum?
- the Beaney Institute (pictured) in Canterbury has a £1,000,000 Van Dyck painting of Sir Basil Dixwell in its collection?
- the 600-year-old Westgate in Canterbury, Kent, is the largest surviving city gate in England, with double-decker buses still squeezing through it (process pictured)?
- in 1128 Geoffrey, Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, became the first Abbot of Dunfermline?
- Peter of Canterbury, who drowned near Boulogne, was the first abbot of what became St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury?
- Westgate Hall, Canterbury's sole music and dance venue, is to be demolished by the Council in favour of a car park?
- millwrights from Canterbury, Kent, built Moses Montefiore Windmill (pictured) in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1857?
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