Jesus College

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7 / 10

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“Founded in 1496, Jesus was a former Benedictine convent, built around the Cloister and 12C Priory Chapel.”

– Michelin Guide

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"This tranquil 15th-century college was once a nunnery of St Radegund before the Bishop of Ely, John Alcock, expelled the nuns for 'improvidence, extravagance and incontinence'." Full review
Fodor's Fodor's
"These buildings incorporate the cloisters from the nunnery of St. Radegund, which existed before the college was founded in 1496." Full review