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Castle Howard
Castle Howard, the palatially Palladian Vanbrugh/Hawksmoor creation, is surrounded by the rolling Howardian Hills, landscaped vistas, a scattering of monumental follies and obelisks, and acres of terraced gardens complete with wandering peacocks.
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Clifford's Tower
There's precious little left of York Castle except for this evocative stone tower, a highly unusual figure-eight design built into the castle's keep after the original one was destroyed in 1190 during anti-Jewish riots. An angry mob forced 150 Jews to be locked inside the tower, but it wasn't enough, and the hapless victims took their own lives rather than be killed. There's not much to see inside but the views over the city are excellent.
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Monk Bar
Monk Bar is the best-preserved medieval gate. Richard III Museum inside.
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Multangular Tower
The Multangular Tower was the western tower of the Roman garrison's defensive wall. The small Roman stones at the bottom have been built up with 13th-century additions.
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St William's College
Owned by the minster since the 15th century, St William's College is an attractive half-timbered Tudor building with elegant oriel windows built for the minster's chantry priests.
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Walmgate Bar
Walmgate Bar is England's only city gate with an intact barbican (an extended gateway to ward off uninvited guests), and was built during the reign of Edward III.
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York Minster
England's largest medieval cathedral and Yorkshire's most important historic building is the simply awesome York Minster that dominates the city.
The first church on the site was a wooden chapel built for the baptism of King Edwin on Easter Day 627; its site is marked in the crypt. This structure was sybolically built on the site of an earlier Roman Basilica, traces of which can be seen in the foundations. Fragments of a Norman church, built in 1080, can also be found below the Minster.
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