City of York, England. The South Transept Rose Window, which commemorates the end of the War of Roses.
City of York, England. Sitting high above the South Transept, the masonry of the Rose Window was completed in the middle of the 13th century, with the outer stained glass panels containing roses being added over 250 years later in the early 16th century. With a diameter of almost 7 metres, the images of red roses (House of Lancaster) and the white roses (House of York) commemorate the end of the War of Roses and the union of the Houses of Lancaster and York, which followed the marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York in 1486. Added much later in 1793 were the brightly painted inner patterns which were created by William Peckitt. Heat from the 1987 lightning strike fire in the South Transept caused over 40,000 cracks in the famous Tudor Rose Window. It took specialist glaziers two and a half years to repair and restore the damaged window. The Minster is more formally referred to as the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York.
Size: 3347px × 5020px
Location: England Yorkshire York Minster Yard
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