garisson

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Basilica of Saint Elisabeth in Wroclaw, Elisabethan paris church, Garisson church. Polish landmark in the historic Royalty Free Stock Photo

Roman Empirer ruins, Porolissum in Romania Royalty Free Stock Photo

Porolissum, Romania - Ancient roman castrum in Dacia Porolissensis Province Royalty Free Stock Photo

West Door of Royal Garisson Church in Portsmouth England

The Roman Camp Jidova Royalty Free Stock Photo

Castrum Arutela, Romania - Ancient roman ruins of Dacia Inferior province Royalty Free Stock Photo

Porolissum - city of Roman Empire Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Garrison Church was founded in about 1210â14 as a hospital to provide shelter and relief for the poor, and for travellers to stay. When the hospital closed in 1540, the building was adapted as an armoury and military storehouse as part of Portsmouthâs defences. Sometime in the 17th century the building became a chapel for Portsmouthâs garrison.The eminent architect George Edmund Street restored the church in the 1860s, but in 1941 incendiary bombs destroyed the nave roof. The nave survives as a graceful shell, but the chancel remains a consecrated space, with magnificent 20th-century stained glass that relates the churchâs history.