Constantine

York

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January 21st 2005
Thursday morning we took the train to York, and got there just as it was getting dark, so we got to walk around the city, but it was too dark to take pictures. Friday we toured Yorkminster (largest gothic cathedral in Britain), saw a statues of Constatine & where he was crowned emperor around 300AD. The city walls are still in tact from Roman times, so you can climb up those & get a pretty good ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more