York [antikvár]

When a legion of Roman soldiers set up camp between the Rivers Ouse and Foss, they little knew they were laying the foundation of a city that would become for hundreds of years the second city of England. The Roman camp became a fortress and a city, called Eboracum. As successive waves of conquerors invaded the land, the city was given new names: the Angles called it Eoforwic, the Vikings Jorvik, until the Normans renamed it York. The Normans rebuilt the city they had destroyed and, by the Middle Ages, York was the most powerful and prosperous town in the north of England. The Minster, the city walls and many fine medieval buildings survived the Reformation and the English Civil War, but by the 18th century York, no longer an international port, had become a market town but also the elegant social capital of the north. In the 19th century, the railways and two chocolate companies transformed York. Today the National Railway Museum and York's historic buildings attract 3 million visitors every year.Left: King's Stactlv