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Described by experts as one of the country s most important buildings is reopening to the public this weekend after a multi million pound refurbishment. clifford s tower was once the seat of royal power for northern england. john maguire has more. first built by william the conqueror, there s been a castle on this site in york for almost a thousand years. during that time, its story has been touched by tragedy, comedy and royalty. this was, for long periods of history, a place where the north was governed from, certainly where yorkshire was governed from and sometimes where england was governed from. it has a very, very long, very eventful, sometimes tragic history, and that s a history that deserves to be remembered and deserves to be told properly. and we hope that that s what we ve been able to at least start to do in our new work at clifford s tower. the stone tower built for henry iii in the 13th century is the largest ....

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