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:

Sep 25, 2025Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan, India
Sep 19, 2022State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Sep 24, 2025Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
Nov 9, 2018Let’s go foraging
Apr 6, 2020Castle on a hill
Mar 12, 2022The Girl Scouts celebrate 110 years
Aug 21, 2023Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
Dec 28, 2022Maloja, Switzerland
May 18, 2018It’s Endangered Species Day
Sep 21, 2023International Day of Peace
Apr 30, 2023International Jazz Day
Nov 28, 2022Red Planet Day
Jan 12, 2024Bukhansan National Park, South Korea
Jun 30, 2020We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
Aug 29, 2024Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
Jun 19, 2021Surf s up—Down Under
Apr 24, 2019Cool water in the Quinault
May 31, 2020Welcome to the pack
Jan 25, 2019Fighting evil with costumes
Mar 26, 2018The Unfinished Obelisk near Aswan, Egypt
May 1, 2023Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Sep 13, 2021Sand, sun, and sk8ers
Apr 16, 2021 A theatrical dream
Dec 7, 2019Remembering the Arizona
Nov 1, 2018Celebrating the Day of the Dead
Apr 26, 2021Cheese! We ll go somewhere where there s cheese!
Feb 12, 2019To Roswell, and beyond!
Dec 6, 2019 America s Playground by Derrick Adams
Oct 18, 2019Fall color sweeps across the West
Apr 6, 2018It’s National Walk to Work Day