Happy 800th, Salisbury Cathedral Apr 28, 2020

Happy 800th, Salisbury Cathedral

We"re in the English county of Wiltshire to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Salisbury Cathedral—the towering marvel of Early English Gothic design rising behind these contentedly grazing sheep. The massive church"s first foundation stones were laid here in Salisbury—then called New Sarum—on April 28, 1220. The structure itself dates back even further, the bulk of it having been moved over a mile piece by piece from the former Roman stronghold of Old Sarum.

© Slawek Staszczuk Photo/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Apr 28, 2018National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Apr 28, 2019A good time in the Badlands
Apr 28, 2021Coming home to roost
Apr 28, 2022Fox kits
Apr 28, 2023Arbor Day
Apr 28, 2024Last day of National Park Week
Apr 28, 2025Impala in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 17, 2019The buzz about bees
Mar 17, 2024St. Patricks Day
Jun 26, 2022Pride 2022
Feb 1, 2026Black History Month
Jun 16, 2022Seonam Temple, South Korea
Jun 12, 2021In Texas, even the riverbend is big
Jun 18, 2023Happy Fathers Day!
Jan 20, 2025Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Apr 22, 2024Earth Day
Jan 8, 2026Starling murmuration over the ruins of Brightons West Pier, England
Mar 7, 2023Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
Feb 27, 2026International Polar Bear Day
Mar 17, 2022St. Patrick s Day
Jul 24, 2025Happy Cousins Day!
Apr 13, 2022Mitsumata blossoms
Mar 24, 2023Wild garlic in bloom at Hainich National Park, Germany
May 11, 2019Bringing together history and technology
Mar 15, 2021Every day is Napping Day for this screech owl
Oct 26, 2024Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
Feb 13, 2020Midwinter freeze
Dec 28, 2020Wildcat in a winter wonderland
Feb 6, 2018Maritime forest on Cumberland Island, Georgia
Jan 24, 2025Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
Sep 5, 2020Beaver achievers
Aug 26, 2023Museum Night in Berlin
Dec 29, 2018When science looks like magic
Oct 2, 2022Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Dec 12, 2018The story of the poinsettia
Nov 12, 2025Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Aug 17, 2024International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend