Radcliffe Camera
The Radcliffe Camera, located in the elegant Radcliffe Square, is one of Oxford's most famous landmarks.
The Camera is nothing to do with photography - the word camera also means "room". The building is particularly dinstinctive in that it is a completely circular building, built in the ornate Palladian style.
It was built in 1748 and is named after Dr John Radcliffe who left some money in his will for a library to be built.
Today the Radcliffe Camera is part of the much larger New Bodleian Library, often cited as the most extensive library in the whole of the UK.
Unfortunately the Radcliffe Camera is not open to the public so you will just have to admire it from the outside.
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