York is one of Europe’s
historic cities. It began as an important roman city. In medieval times a
stone wall was built around it, and wall is still there today. There is
the river Omse near Lendal Bridge. And from here you can walk around
the city on the wall, it takes about two hours. In the south wall is
Micklegate Bar, where kings and queens entered the city. There is also
Monk Bar and Booth Bar. Inside the city there is a cathedral. It was
begun in 1220 and finished two centuries later. If you compare this
English cathedral with a catholic cathedral, you will see that they are
different. Cathedral in Protestant England don’t have colorful paintings
on the walls, the color is in the windows. In the center of the windows
of this cathedral is a white rose – the symbol of York. There are also
different interesting museums in York. One of them is the National
Railway Museum. There are lots of trains in it, for example the first
public train in the world, built in 1825 and the fastest steam train in
the world are here.
