No excuses not to visit treasures online – The Yorkshire Post says

The irony of being locked out of places of worship and of wonder is that we can sometimes get closer to them than before.
The 600-year old Great East Window in York MinsterThe 600-year old Great East Window in York Minster
The 600-year old Great East Window in York Minster

This is certainly the case at York Minster, whose Great East Window, the country’s largest single expanse of medieval stained glass, is now available to view online.

The high resolution photographs of all 311 panels are the work of the York Glaziers Trust, the oldest studio in Britain specialising in the conservation of stained glass. They illustrate the way in which skills born of the 21st century can work in harmony with those of the 15th.

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There are many such treasured buildings and monuments open to visitors while their turnstiles remain closed. Whitby Abbey, Richmond Castle, Rievaulx Abbey and the Cold War Bunker in York are among the others in Yorkshire, with the virtual viewpoints said to be sometimes better than the real ones. Never have there been fewer excuses not to pay them a visit.

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