Winchester monarchs such as King Canute and William Rufus. It was once an important pilgrimage centre and housed the shrine of Saint Swithun. The ancient Pilgrims' Way travelling to Canterbury begins at Winchester. The plan of the earlier Old Minster is laid out in the grass adjoining the cathedral. The New Minster (the original burial place of Alfred the Great and Edward the Elder) once stood beside it. The cathedral has a girls choir and a boys choir, which sing on a regular basis at the cathedral. Winchester Cathedral Close contains a number of historic buildings from the time when the
Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, Bucharest 8, 1920), Vasile Aftenie, Tit Liviu Chinezu and Ioan Bălan, all of them suppressed in communist prisons. Monsignor Vladimir Ghika served here in 1943. Among the literary figures belonging to this parish was George Coșbuc. The church was frequented interwars by Greek Catholic politicians who served in the Romanian capital as Iuliu Maniu, his secretary Corneliu Coposu, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod and others. Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, Bucharest Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, located at 50 Polonă street, is the first Romanian Greek-Catholic church built in Bucharest. The church's patron is Basil of Caesarea and its dedication celebration is on January