and queens entered the city and where the heads of traitors were displayed.
This is the north-east part of the wall and the entrance called Monk Bar.
In the north west is Bootham Bar. Inside is the old city of York.
High above the narrow streets is the great tower of the largest medieval building in Britain. The cathedral was begun in 1220 and finished two centuries later. Its tall pointed arches are typical of that period. Part of the roof was damaged by fire not long ago. The new roof shows ways of praising God - from prayer to moon landings.
If you compare this English cathedral with a cathedral in some of the Catholic countries of southern Europe, it seems bare and colourless. Cathedrals in Protestant England dont usually have colourful paintings on the walls and ceilings. The colour is in the windows. In the centre of this window is a white rose - the symbol of York.
Among the stone carvings is this group of fifteen English kings, from William the First to Henry the Sixth. Other carvings represent people who were buried here when they died.
Preserving the past is a continuous job in this historic city.
Here a new discovery has been made. Archaeologists have uncovered the wooden foundations of an ancient building on the south bank of the river. After many weeks of careful digging, they think it was probably a Roman temple from the second century.
People in the north of England love their brass bands. Sometimes whole families join a band like this one. York has some unusual museums. At the National Railway Museum you can go back in time to the days of steam trains.
The first public railway in the world was built north of York by George Stephenson in 1825. Trains in those days looked like this. This was the fastest steam
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