Suffolk | |
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State | UK |
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Region | England |
Capital | Ipswich |
Surface | 3,801 km² |
Inhabitants | 730.100 (2014 estimate) |
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Suffolk is a county in theEast of England.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
![Map divided by regions](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Suffolk_map.png/350px-Suffolk_map.png)
Urban centers
- Ipswich - County town of Suffolk.
- Bury St Edmunds - Among the noteworthy buildings is the Church of Santa Maria, where Maria Tudor, queen of France, sister of King Henry VIII Tudor, was re-buried six years after her death.
- Felixstowe - In the late Victorian period it became a trendy tourist resort, at least until the outbreak of World War II.
- Framlingham - The medieval castle of Framlingham is one of the elements that most characterizes this city.
- Lowestoft - She is nicknamed The Sunrise Coast for the panorama it offers at dawn.
- Newmarket - Generally considered the birthplace and world center of thoroughbred horse racing.
- Orford - It still has a beautiful medieval castle built to dominate the River Ore.
- Saxmundham - It is located in the valley of the Fromus River, a tributary of the River Alde, about 29 km northeast of Ipswich.
- Southwold — George Orwell he spent part of his adolescence and thirties here.
- Sudbury - Sudbury's history dates back to the Saxon era.