A Citadel in grey brick and marble built on the riverbank dominated by the hall of steel a glass keep 30 metres high, the museum has housed since 1996 on six floors, a part of the armorial collection formerly in the Tower of London. The vast galler..

A very attractive collection of English art of the 19C and 20C covering almost all schools and trends: Pre-Raphaelites, narrative paintings, vorticists, Surrealists, you will also find some French paintings (Courbet, Derain).

The transept tower (1509-1528) dominates the harsh ruins of this Cistercian abbey which was created by the monks of Fountains Abbey in 1152.

This town hall, inaugurated by Queen Victoria in 1858 has long symbolised fierce patriotism. On good days you can see the lively chess pieces play on a «giant chessboard» traced by the sun on Victoria Square.

You will find here a series of masterpieces of sculpture (1896-1986) native to Yorkshire amongst them the ... and some works of his contemporaries.

Since its creation around 1200, Briggate has been the main commercial thoroughfare. Among the arcades, Country Arcade is the most luxurious, but you can also stroll through the very attractive covered markets, admired the Rood screen in son John's Ch..

The oldest church in the town centre was restored in 1868. This was an intelligent restoration that left the interior, constructed in 1632-1634, practically unchanged.

The Grand Theatre is a neo-Gothic building from 1878, inspired by La Scala in Milan. The theatre is the seat of the "Northern Opera".