York
Travel Guide
Exploring
York's historic city centre is like taking a trip back in time.
The city's rich cultural heritage dates back to Roman times, but
the flavour of Viking Jorvik is still alive at the outstanding Jorvik
Viking Centre, and the medieval architecture of the city is
outstanding.
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short detour from The Shambles leads to York's shortest and
most unforgettably named street, "Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate". |
York
is dominated by the imposing bulk of York
Minster with its superb stained glass windows, but spare some
time to explore one of York's other fine medieval churches, and
wander the narrow streets of The
Shambles area. Don't leave York without taking a walk on the
city walls that were first erected
by the Roman legions. Along the walls you can visit the medieval
gateways to the city.
A
word about York street names. You will notice that many streets
end in the suffix "gate", such as Stonegate, Coppergate,
and Skeldergate. This does NOT mean that the "gate" in
question was a part of the old York city walls.
Instead,
the "gate" in this case comes from the Viking "gata",
meaning simply "street". The actual city gates are called
"Bars", such as Micklegate Bar and Walmgate Bar.
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