Views over the city

Top of York Minster Cathedral
275 steps up the tower takes you to the spectacular views of York. This is the half way point.
York Minster is the largest medieval Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe and is custodian to some of the most important and irreplaceable art from this period. The current building is around 800 years old and is at least the second minster to stand in this location,but the history of the site actually dates back to almost 2000 years. York had at least two more minsters, the locations of which are now unknown. The remains of Roman Barracks from the city of Eboracum were uncovered beneath the minster in the 1960's and 1970'sand can now be seen in the cathedral's Undercroft attraction. The Roman Emperor Constantine, credited with converting the Empire to Christianity, was proclaimed Emperor while in York, possibly on the very spot where the Minster now stands.


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