York Castle

York

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October 23rd 2005
We went to York on Sunday. York is an interesting place with lots of history from different time periods - Roman, Saxon, Viking, Medieval etc. We spent most of the day walking around town, including walking around the wall that goes around the old part of the city. We also went into York Minster (Cathedral). We went down into the basement area, where you can see the remains of earlier buildings on ... 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