[{SlideShowNav}] !!!York Minster (1) [{Image src='200uk.jpg' height='800' alt='York Minster (1)' class='image_left' width='600'}] [{SET customtitle='York Minster (1)'}] \\ A view of the towers on the western front of York Minster [{GoogleMap location='York Minster, Deangate, York, great britain' zoom='15'}]. Construction on this Gothic cathedral, one of the largest in northern Europe, began in 1220; it was not completed until 1472.