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York Minster western front
York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of
the largest of its kind in Northern Europe alongside Cologne
Cathedral. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the
second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the cathedral
for the Diocese of York; it is run by a dean and chapter under the
Dean of York. The formal title of York Minster is The Cathedral and
Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York. The title "Minster" is
attributed to churches established in the Anglo Saxon period as
missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title.
Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church
or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.
The minster has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter
house, a Perpendicular Gothic choir and east end and Early English
north and south transepts. The nave contains the West Window,
constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the
Great East Window, (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval
stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters
Window, each lancet being over 52 ft high. The south
transept contains a famous rose window.
Photo 239, May 2011
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York Minster western front
Photo 242, May 2011
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York Minster, detail near door
Photo 250, May 2011
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Low Petergate Street with Minster in back
Photo 266, May 2011
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Minster, the southwest tower
Photo 267, May 2011
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Part of walls and the Minster behind
Photo 403, May 2011
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Minster with Constantine statue in foreground
Photo 417, May 2011
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From the walls, back of Minster
Photo 799, May 2011
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From the walls, Minster
Photo 816, May 2011
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From the walls, Minster
Photo 821, May 2011
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