Thursday, March 26, 2009

More from York

The trip to York is about over. We were able to spend most of Thursday seeing some sights in town. I've included more pictures below.

Statue of Emperor Constantine who apparently brought Christianity to the England. The statue is outside of the York Minster which originally was a catholic church. Because the church refused to grant a divorce to the King of England, he formed the Church of England and kicked the catholic church out of the country and took its buildings. There is only one catholic church in downtown York.


Clifford's Tower which was part of the original castle and associated fortification for the city of York. It's right in the middle of town.




Interior of a small church in downtown York. The building was destroyed during WWII when the German's bombed York and the church was hit. There was not military reason for the bombing, rather they were in response to the British bombing of cities of historic significance in Germany.

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