Historic cities : Durham, York, Oxford
York. York is one of
Europe’s historic cities. It began as an important roman city. In medieval
times a stone wall was built around it, and wall is still there today. There is
the river Omse near Lendal bridge. And from here you can walk around the city
on the wall, it takes about two hours. In the south wall is Micklegate bar,
where kings and queens entered the city. There is also Monk bar and Booth bar.
Inside the city there is a cathedral. It
was begun in 1220 and finished two centuries later. If you compare this English
cathedral with a catholic cathedral, you will see that they are different.
Cathedral in Protestant England don’t have colorful paintings on the wall, the
color is in the windows. In the center of
window of this cathedral is white rose- the symbol of York. There are
also different interesting museums in York. One of them is the National Railway
Museum. There are a lot of trains in it, for example the first public train in
the world, built in 1825 and the fastest steam train in the world are here.. West Yorkshire. The West Yorkshire
moors, where two great writers, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, lived. Their books
are Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heinghts. They lived in the 1800s in the village of
Haworth with four brothers and sisters. Their father was the minister at the
village church. All the children died by the age of thirty, except Charlotte.
She lived on alone with her father in this house. Then at thirty-eight she
married. But only nine month later she died too and was buried in the church by
her old father. OXFORD. Oxford is
one of oldest and most famous cities in the world. it is famous for it’s
university, the Oxford university. It also called a city of students, because
over 12000 students are living and studding here in thirty five colleges.
Oxford is a place of young people and old traditions, for example teachers are
called dons and still wear black grows. Student here are taught one-to-one in
the Socratic tradition. At the libraries you can still see notices written in
Latin - the ancient language of scholars. Students here are surrounded by old
stone building. One of them is Hertford College, one of smallest colleges in
the university. About two hundred students live and work here. But Oxford is not
all work, there are a lot of clubs and other interesting places for students
and dons to visit. For example the Sheldonian theater, which is used for
concerts and university’s ceremonies. Opposite the theater is book shop, where
people buy books. It is one of the word biggest book shops, with seven
kilometers of selves. There are also a lot of pubs and cafes in the city, where
you can buy cheap food and drink a cup of coffee with friends. There are two
rivers in Oxford. People usually travel in the rivers by boats called punts.
Oxford is also famous for it’s gardens, which has a maze.
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