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University of Cambridge 800th Anniversary Celebrations - January Light Show Print
Cambridge’s historic Senate House and Old Schools façades were lit up in a spectacular light show featuring iconic images from the University's past and present, as well as new drawings of two of Cambridge’s most famous alumni, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, produced by world-renowned illustrator and Downing College alumnus Quentin Blake.

Light ShowThe light show accompanied a world-wide bell ringing ceremony on January 19 to mark the beginning of the 800th Anniversary Year. 

Four churches in central Cambridge -- Great St Mary's, St Bene't's, St Edward King and Martyr and St Andrew the Great -- all rang a new work for bells composed for the occasion by Clare College alumnus Phil Earis. The sound of bells celebrating the University's octocentenary also reverberated across the world as churches from the United States of America to Australia marked the occasion.

For more information and to view additional images from the light show, click here.

To view the 800th Anniversary Light Show, click here, to watch a video about the 800th Anniversary Year at Cambridge, click here or to listen to the peals, click here.

 
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