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By: Max Edwards
York- Home of the Fat Rascal
Amidst the moors of England’ s Yorkshire / Humber region lies a living museum- York. Few towns offer an historic panorama so wide, or intact. For more than 2000 years, York has stood as a center of cul- ture and trade. Roman and Viking influences are evident in city structure, and in Danish street names. Today, York is second only to London as a tourist destination.
Much of Old Town York is a pedestrian area( wear cobblestone-friendly shoes). Begin your amble at Stonegate, where a medieval red devil carving marks the site of a Roman road. Here, narrow passageways and timbered houses provide a charming Middle Ages’ perspective. Other strolls, amid Georgian and Jacobean-style townhouses, attest to York’ s later elegance.
The big draw is York MInster, the largest Gothic cathedral north of the Alps, 519 feet long, and 249 feet wide. WIthin its art-filled interior is the largest collection of medieval stained glass in Great Britain. The Great East WIndow( from 1405), as large as a tennis court in area, is the world’ s largest stained glass window.
The Minster( Anglo-Saxon for a missionary teaching church), dates from 1220. Building continued through 1480, and reflects architectural styles of several eras. Upon the Minster’ s site once stood a wooden church, dating from 627. For a view of modern
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