York Minister Photo 19

York Minister

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December 2nd 2009
Wednesday 2.12.2009 Day 49 York Minister We had a fantastic bfast and then we drive to York Minister the largest gothic cathedral in northern Europe and it is 1000 years old. It is one of two cathedrals that has its own police (the other being the Swiss Guard off the Vatican). The Minister and the inner city are inside a wall that surrounds the city. York has more miles of intact city walls th ... 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