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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