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Think of Oxford and you might have an image of students in gowns punting down the river, professors strolling across manicured green college quads, the spires and towers of University buildings rising up above the streets to give the city it's nickname the 'City of Dreaming Spires'. It's not a surprise that the city that

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📷:. @oxfordlens ​ @saadalrayes ​ ​🎓 Did you know?! The city of #Oxford is known as the ""City of Dreaming Spires" due to the #architecture of the university buildings. Legend has it that a princess named ​Frideswide ran away to Oxford and set up a nunnery where Christ Church Cathedral now is. ​ ​Not only one of the best universities in the world, Oxford is steeped in history and culture 💂🇬🇧 ​ ​#education #facts #college

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Oxford, The City of Dreaming Spires, is famous the world over for its University and place in history. For over 800 years, it has been a home to royalty and scholars, and since the 9th century an established town, although people are known to have lived in the area for thousands of years.

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