This stunning panoramic view was taken in Oxford, England, from the tower balcony of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin on High Street.
Climbing the tower offers the most famous vantage point in the city, looking directly over the heart of the *University of Oxford*.
Here is what you are looking at:
1. *The Round Building*: Radcliffe Camera
The magnificent circular building on the left is the Radcliffe Camera (built 1737–1749). Designed by architect James Gibbs in the English Baroque style, it was built to house the Radcliffe Science Library. Today, it serves as a reading room for the world-famous Bodleian Library and is one of the University of Oxford's most iconic landmarks.
2. *The Gothic Complex: All Souls College*
The sprawling, ornate stone complex stretching across the center and right background is All Souls College (founded in 1438) in the University of Oxford.
The prominent twin towers you see rising into the sky are the famous Codrington Library towers, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor in a distinct Gothic Revival style.
All Souls is one of the most prestigious and unique institutions in the world—it has no undergraduate students, and its members automatically become Fellows, elected through what is widely considered one of the hardest academic examinations in existence.
