York Minster

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Anglican cathedral Cathedral Church of England church building Gothic church building

York Minster is a monumental Gothic cathedral in York, England, renowned as one of the largest and most historically significant churches in Northern Europe.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
York Minster, York, England 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican cathedral ⓘ
Cathedral ⓘ
Church of England church building ⓘ
Gothic church building ⓘ
architecturalStyle Decorated Gothic ⓘ
Early English Gothic ⓘ
Gothic architecture ⓘ
Perpendicular Gothic ⓘ
consecrationYear 1472 ⓘ
constructionEnd 15th century ⓘ
constructionStart 13th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form: Saint Peter
denomination Church of England ⓘ
diocese See of York ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of York
earliestChurchOnSiteDate 7th century ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of York ⓘ
foundedAs Early Christian church ⓘ
function Cathedral church of the Diocese of York ⓘ
governingBody Chapter of York ⓘ
hasOrgan Yes ⓘ
hasPart Central tower ⓘ
Chapter House ⓘ
Choir ⓘ
Crypt ⓘ
Five Sisters Window ⓘ
Great East Window ⓘ
Nave ⓘ
Rose window ⓘ
Two west towers ⓘ
Undercroft museum ⓘ
West window ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
Scheduled monument ⓘ
knownFor Largest expanse of medieval stained glass in Britain ⓘ
One of the largest Gothic cathedrals in Northern Europe ⓘ
length approximately 158 metres ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
York ⓘ
locatedInHistoricCentreOf City of York ⓘ
material Magnesian limestone ⓘ
numberOfBells 21 ⓘ
numberOfTowers 3 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
seatOf Archbishop of York ⓘ
touristAttraction Yes ⓘ
towerHeight approximately 72 metres ⓘ
width approximately 76 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convocation of York → associatedWith → York Minster ⓘ
Archbishop John Sharp → burialPlace → York Minster ⓘ
subject surface form: John Sharp
Archbishop of York → cathedral → York Minster ⓘ
See of York → cathedral → York Minster ⓘ
See of York → episcopalSeat → York Minster ⓘ
City of York → hasCathedral → York Minster ⓘ
York → hasCathedral → York Minster ⓘ
Yorkshire → hasCathedral → York Minster ⓘ
Province of York → hasCathedralChurch → York Minster ⓘ
York → hasLandmark → York Minster ⓘ
City of York → hasMajorLandmark → York Minster ⓘ
York → knownFor → York Minster ⓘ
See of York → liturgicalCentre → York Minster ⓘ
this entity surface form: York Minster, York, England
Convocation of York → meetsAt → York Minster ⓘ
Archbishop of York → seat → York Minster ⓘ
Province of York → seat → York Minster ⓘ