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Durham is a city in County Durham in North East England, roughly 20 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne. The city centre is enclosed on three sides by the River Wear.
- This article is about the English city of Durham. For other uses see Durham (disambiguation)
It is home to the University of Durham; its Cathedral and Castle (now University College Durham), which face each other across Palace Green, are jointly designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In medieval times, Durham was a major centre of both political and ecclesiastical power, mainly due to its strategic importance near the border with Scotland. The Prince-Bishops had in their palatine the power over life and death, coined their own money and maintained their own armies. Every Bishop of Durham from 1071 to 1836 was a Prince Bishop except the first Norman-appointed bishop Walcher, who was an Earl-Bishop.
A popular annual event in Durham is the Durham Miners Gala
External link
- Durham City Council
- Virtual tour of the "Peninsula" (the old city centre containing castle and cathedral).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Durham."
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