Rye (East Sussex)

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Rye is a small town in the county of East Sussex in the South East of the UK. It once belonged to the city alliance of five English Channel ports ( Cinque Ports ). The place was being attacked in the course of history and destroyed, in 1377 by the French. With the drying out of the harbor and the economic decline began. Today Rye is a much -visited tourist attraction, which has managed to preserve its medieval character. Rye is now about 3.2 km away from the sea, belongs to the district of Rother and has about 4,600 inhabitants.

Attractions

• Parish Church of St. Mary: The church was built in the 12th century discovered in the course of time, several renovations and additions, and today is a blend of Norman, Early English, Decorated and Modern style. The tower clock was made ​​in 1560 in Winchelsea, and to be the oldest in the country. About the dial stand on either side of a plaque, the so-called " Quarter Boys", the show with its chimes the quarter hour. The carved mahogany altar was built in the 18th century, as did the chandelier ( candlestick ) in the choir. From the 19th century the baptismal font and some of the windows were beautiful.
• Ypres Tower: The powerful square complex with the three semi-circular corner towers and a free-standing, smaller pinnacles tower from the 19th century, once belonged to a continuation of the 13th century, but was taken over by the authorities in the 16th century and has long served as a prison. It received its present form in 1928 and has since then served as a museum with exhibits on the history of the five channel ports. The surrounding Canon Garden once stood the guns of the port town, it offers a beautiful view of the surrounding landscape.
• The Mermaid Street is probably the most attractive of the many cobbled streets.
• The Mermaid Inn was once a notorious smugglers meeting place and to date has the face of a house from the 15th - 17th Preserved century. Opposite is the built in the same time " Opposite House ", which is so named because many are mistaken for the " Mermaid Inn " remained and are referenced by the residents there.
• The Lamb House in West Street was in the years 1898-1916 the retirement home of the American writer Henry James. Later, once the residence of English narrator EF Benson, who was also mayor of the town 1934-1937.
• Landgate: the last remaining city gate from the 13th century.
• In a former Augustinian monastery today one of the many potteries of the resort is housed.