The ancient city of Chichester lies in the far west of West Sussex along the south-west shore of the county. Chichester is renowned for its Georgian 18th and early 19th century architecture. But the city has a Roman past exemplified by the fact that it retains most of its Roman city walls and the fact that the present ground-plan of the city follows the Roman original. It also has strong Saxon influences derived from the fact that the city is named from a Saxon chieftain called Cissa. Above all the city has a great medieval history the prime example of which is the Norman cathedral dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Chichester Cathedral’s cloisters, built in the 15th century, have been a busy thoroughfare for over 600 years. They are known as the Cloisters and Paradise the latter because it was a place of rest for the dead. Being a secular, as opposed to a monastic foundation, the Cathedral’s residentiary buildings provided a home for the Cathedral’s lay officials. Today the Cathedral offices are still to be found there in the Royal Chantry. In the Cathedral is a shrine to St Richard, Bishop of Chichester, in the 13th century. St Richard is also the patron saint of Sussex. In addition to its fine medieval monuments the Cathedral contains many modern works of art including tapestries by John Piper and Ursula Benker-Schirmer, a window by Marc Chagall and a painting by Graham Sutherland (Noli me Tangere). Uniquely for this country the Cathedral has a separate Bell-Tower dating back to the 14th or early 15th centuries. The talk takes the form of a tour of the city starting from the Market Cross and describing each of the four sectors; South-East, North-East, North-West and South-West.