Patrimony is alive and well and unchanging
It’s wild to cross the world and literally find yourself in a world that superficially looks the same, and yet is so different... but is it?London is a great modern metropolis, but hidden behind large wooden doors, deep within the financial city of London, there lies an old world order – the world of the Livery Companies - the old Guilds. The Fishmongers, the Goldsmiths, the Longbow makers - more than 100 ancient professional (originally religious) guilds of members of the trades.They survived in London for over 900 years because [...]