Cambridge.
Cambridge
is one of the best-known towns in the world, and the principal reason
for its fame is its University, the second oldest university of
Britain, which was founded in the 13th
century. Today there are more than twenty colleges in Cambridge
University.
The
oldest college is Peterhouse,
which
was founded in 1284, and the most recent is Robinson
College,
which
was opened in 1977. The most famous is probably King's
College,
because
of its magnificent chapel. Its choir of boys and undergraduates
is also well known.
The
University was only for men until 1871. In 1871 the first women's
college was opened. Another was opened two years later and a third in
1954. In the 1970s, most colleges opened their doors to both men and
women. Nowadays almost all colleges are mixed.
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