Oxford

Oxford it is one of 134.248 inhabitants (census ) of , in the county ofOxfordshire in . It is center of, the most ancient university of the Anglo-Saxon world, and ofAshmolean museum.

It is known like "the city from the dreaming spirals", a coined term give Matthew Arnold for the harmonica of the buildings of the university. With the exception of , Oxford is one industrial city, in particular for the production of automobiles in the suburb of Cowley.

Oxford is gemellata with in Germany, in , Leida in i and León in .

History

Oxford initially was occupied during the Anglo-Saxon period, and initially was known like "Oxanforda". It began with the foundation of feminine of Fridesvida Saint in and the first written testimony is in the Anglo-Saxon Reports of . In X century Oxford divenne an important military city on the border between the reigns of Mercia and of Wessex and it was in several occasions plundered from i Danish.

it comes mentioned for before the time in documents of . First college they were the University College (), the Balliol College () and the Merton College (). of Christ Church it is only in how much is at the same time cathedral and of the omonimo college. Risen like the church of the priorato one of Fridesvida Saint, the building extensive and was incorporated in the structure of the Cardinal' s endured College after that this rifondato like Christ Church in . From then the nail head it carries out the function of cathedral of of Oxford.

The relations between city and university were often conflict; many students perished in the revolt of Scolastica Saint of .

During Civil War, Oxford accommodated the court of Carl I in , after that the king was hunted they give , even if in the city there was strong support for Oliver Cromwell. The city surrendered to the troops of the Parlamentaristi under General Fairfax in .

In the Channel of Oxford connected the city with Coventry, connecting it to , and in "Great Western Railway" and "London and North Railway Western" connected Oxford and London.

In the controversy around to Movement of Oxford in church Anglican it made to emerge the city like a thought center .

The town hall of Oxford was constructed under the Queen Victoria.

To the beginning of Oxford had one fast indusriale and demographic increase. The publishing industries became important in . In that period economic and social transformations were deep when William Morris founded Morris Motor Company for the production of mass of automobiles to Cowley, in the Southeastern periphery of the city. To the beginning of , more than 20.000 persons were employed near the plants of the Morris Motors and the Pressed Steel Fisher. This change in the culture of Oxford carried to the saying "Oxford is the left side of Cowley".

The infuence of the labor immigrated for the automotive industry, recent immigration from Asian Sud-Est and a great student population cosmopolita has given to Oxford a character decidedly, especially in the zones of Headington and Cowley Road with the several bars, ethnic restaurants, discotheques, storees and fast food.

6 May Roger Bannister race for before turns the mile in less than 4 minuteren on the track of Iffley Road.

The other university of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University, the former Polytechnic of Oxford, with center to Headington, obtained the statutos in .

Culture

The greater tourist-cultural attractions of the city:

 

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