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York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. [6]
York Minster's Five Sisters window contains the largest expanse of 13th century grisaille glass in the world. [1] It was built c.1250–1260 and is located in the north wall of the north transept of York Minster. The window features in the Guinness Book of Records as "the largest ancient stained-glass window in the British Isles." [2]
Ulm Minster: 5,950 [citation needed] 190,000 2,000 1377–1890 Ulm Germany: Protestant Tallest church in the world [54] York Minster: 5,927 [55] 1230–1472 York United Kingdom: Anglican (Church of England) Largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe. Bourges Cathedral: 5,900 [citation needed] 6,200 [citation needed] 1195–1230 Bourges France
In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint, 184 solar panels are being fitted to York Minster's roof.
York Minster: Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter Anglican York 1220 1472 300 159.9 NK NK 30 60 72 84 4 J.W. Walker and Sons: Mother church of the province of York Christ Church Cathedral (Falkland Islands)
Choir practice at York Minster. Cathedrals are places where the Christian rituals particular to a bishop, especially ordination and enthronement, can be performed, and are structured and furnished for these purposes. Each cathedral contains the seat of the local bishop, often literally a large throne.
The York Minster fire was a blaze that caused severe destruction to the south transept of York Minster, in the city of York, England, on 9 July 1984.Believed to have been started by a lightning strike, the roof burnt for three hours between 1:00 and 4:00 am before it was made to collapse by the fire brigade to stop it spreading to other parts of the minster.
The Statue of Constantine the Great is a bronze statue depicting the Roman emperor Constantine I seated on a throne, commissioned by York Civic Trust and designed by the sculptor Philip Jackson. It was unveiled in 1998 and is situated on Minster Yard, outside York Minster.