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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 .
A 2018 paper argues that the bust was remodelled from a statue of an earlier, deified emperor, probably Hadrian.It argues, through a re-analysis of the image, especially the use of the corona civica, granted to Constantine only after the civil war in Italy against Maxentius had come to an end, that this recarving occurred after AD 312 and not, as widely believed, at the moment of Constantine's ...
He published a systematic account of Roman York titled Eboracum or York under the Romans in 1842, [50] including first hand records of discoveries during excavations in 1835. [50] William Hargrove brought many new discoveries to the attention of the public through published articles in his newspaper the Herald and the Courant [ 50 ] and ...
In 1998 York Civic Trust commissioned the Statue of Constantine the Great, York from the sculptor Philip Jackson located outside York Minster, which is above the headquarters of the Roman fortress. [15] The Trust held an exhibition of images of York titled "Views of York" in its Fairfax House Museum in 2012. [16]
The street may have originated as the courtyard of the headquarters building of Roman Eboracum.In the 8th-century text The Earliest Life of Gregory the Great, a square between the royal palace and York Minster was mentioned, which has been tentatively identified with Minster Yard; however, in the 10th century, the area was covered by a cemetery associated with the minster.
After the war, York slowly regained its former pre-eminence in the North, and, by 1660, was the third-largest city in England after London and Norwich. In 1686 the Bar Convent was founded, in secret due to anti-catholic Laws, making it the oldest surviving convent in England. York elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons.
The York RI (Railway Institute) Sailing Club has a club house and boat park on the outskirts of Bishopthorpe, a village3 miles (4.8 km) to the south of York. The Yorkshire Ouse Sailing Club has a club house in the village of Naburn ,5 miles (8.0 km) south of York.
The university owns several other properties including Catherine House, Constantine House, 54 Walmgate, and Fairfax House. The university publishes an annual code of practice for student accommodation [59] to help students living off-campus.