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York Minster is a medieval cathedral located in York, England. Construction of the cathedral began in the 13th century and took over 200 years to complete. Some of its notable features include the Five Sisters window, one of the largest expanses of medieval stained glass in the world. The southern facade features a magnificent rose window containing over 7,000 pieces of stained glass. York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe and an iconic example of English Gothic architecture.

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York Minister

York Minster is a medieval cathedral located in York, England. Construction of the cathedral began in the 13th century and took over 200 years to complete. Some of its notable features include the Five Sisters window, one of the largest expanses of medieval stained glass in the world. The southern facade features a magnificent rose window containing over 7,000 pieces of stained glass. York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe and an iconic example of English Gothic architecture.

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https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-york-minster/ HISTORY

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SOUTH

South Façade of York Minster in York, England


The York Minster’s southern façade was constructed in 1250 with an Early
English Gothic design. The magnesian limestone glistens in the sunshine. The
elegant centerpiece is the Rose Window, designed and created in 1515 by
Robert Petty to celebrate the union of Lancaster and York. The wheel contains
about 7,000 pieces of stained glass. Ravaged by fire in 1984, craftsmen toiled
three years to reassemble 40,000 shards back into this beautiful work of
religious art.
NORTH

York Minster - North Transept architecture: The 'fantastic' north window in north
transept, the so called Five Sisters' Window (~1260) made of grey and green
'grisaille' glass in geometrical patterns. The North transept is built in the Early
English Gothic style of architecture. This giant lancet windows are 53 feet long and
contain the largest expanse of old grisaille glass in existence and there are over
100, 000 individual pieces of glass!
York Minster’s Five Sisters Window is the only memorial in the country dedicated
to all women of the British Empire who lost their lives during the First World War. 
YORK MINISTER –

LOCATION -Deangate, 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.

Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in England

Anglo-Saxon

The minster was completed in 1472 after several centuries of building. It is devoted to Saint Peter,
and has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic quire 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 53 feet (16.3 m) high.[7] The south transept contains a rose
window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of
Yorkshire.

Length 524.5 feet (159.9 m)[3]

Width 222 feet (68 m)[3]

Nave height 99 feet (30 m)[3]

Choir height 102 feet (31 m)[citation needed]

Number of towers 3

Tower height Central Tower: 235 feet (72 m)[3]

Western Towers: 196 feet (60 m)[3]


Style Early English, Perpendicular

Years built c. 1230–1472

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