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York, North Yorkshire
England

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Yorkshire Pictures, England, UK

York's famed gothic Minster [cathedral] in the background with the medieval - and very walkable - city wall in the foreground. The most popular urban space in Yorkshire is medieval York, for many years England's second city.

York city wall, England, UK

York Minster and medieval city wall, a fine 3 miles [5kms] long walk.
© Steve Nova/GNU

Originally a Roman fort called Eboracum in AD 71, and much battled over by varied warmongers through the years, York offers fortified, sturdy and stroll-perfect city walls, York Minster - a stupendous gothic edifice [under construction from 1220 AD] with spectacular stained glass windows, other varied medieval structures such as those pictured below, excellent museums and even a sort-of-authentic recreated Viking experience - including sounds and smells - in Jorvik; adjacent Coppergate was a genuine Viking settlement a thousand years ago.

York, Tudor period hall, England, UK

A timber-frame Tudor period hall in the city.
© Prestong, Dreamstime.com

York Tower, aka Clifford's Tower, England, UK

York Tower, aka Clifford's Tower, the 13thC keep and curtain walls of York's first castle.
© Jean Morrison, Dreamstime.com

Yorkshire Pictures, England, UK

A River Ouse booze cruise [trivia: Ouse is derived from Celtic word for water, usa].
York's original site was chosen for its location at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss.
© Prestong, Dreamstime.com

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