| Glasgow's proximity to Scotland's
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| | 15th century Provand's Lordship, opposite
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| beautiful Highlands and the legendary
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| | the Museum, which is now Glasgow's oldest
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| friendliness and humour of its inhabitants
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| | house. Once similar houses continued all
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| are probably the most commonly cited
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| | the way down High Street towards Glasgow
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| reasons for its position as third most
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| | Cross and the imposing 17th century
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| visited city in the UK (after London and
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| | Tolbooth Steeple, which once greeted
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| Edinburgh). This overshadows the fact that
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| | travellers arriving along the Gallowgate
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| Glasgow is without doubt one of the most
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| | from Edinburgh.
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| architecturally remarkable cities in the
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| | Much of the centre of the Glasgow we know
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| British Isles. From the tall confident
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| | today began to take shape from the 18th
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| early Victorian neoclassical buildings of
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| | century onwards. The so called 'Tobacco
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| the city centre to the 'space-age' Clyde
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| | Lords' were the first in a long line of
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| Auditorium (or Armadillo) and Science
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| | entrepreneurs and businessmen to leave
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| Centre, Glasgow's architecture exudes a
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| | their mark on the city. Having become
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| dynamism which has emerged from a complex
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| | extraordinarily wealthy and powerful
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| and often dramatic history.
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| | re-exporting tobacco from the Americas to
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| Glasgow's massive expansion in the 18th
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| | the continent, a trade which they all but
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| and 19th centuries did much to destroy
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| | monopolised until US independence, they
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| evidence of early settlement in the area.
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| | fashioned great mansions and palaces for
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| Nevertheless, what remains is of
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| | themselves in what became Glasgow's
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| tremendous interest. Amongst the earliest
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| | Merchant City, to the west of High Street.
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| traces of inhabitation are the remains of
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| | At this time Glasgow was considered by
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| a Roman bathhouse, at Bearsden in Greater
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| | some to be the most attractive town in the
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| Glasgow. This is the last visible part of
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| | newly formed United Kingdom.
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| a fortified complex built by the 20th
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| | The Tobacco Lords were followed by the
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| Roman Legion on the Antonine Wall, which
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| | first generations of industrialists, whose
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| marked Glasgow as a dangerous outpost on
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| | pioneering spirit became the foundation of
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| the northernmost frontier of the empire.
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| | the British Empire. The exportation of
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| Nonetheless, it is St Kentigern (or St
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| | textiles and later industrial goods
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| Mungo) who is usually regarded as being
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| | required the development of Glasgow's port
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| Glasgow's founding father. His journey in
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| | and led to a huge demand for ships.
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| the 6th century BC to find the burial
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| | Consequently, Glasgow's era as
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| ground, dedicated by St Ninian a century
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| | shipbuilding capital of the world began.
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| earlier, brought him to the green hollow
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| | Glasgow also became the major supplier of
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| where Glasgow Cathedral now stands. The
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| | ships for the Royal Navy and, resultantly,
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| small church he built here became his
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| | the centre of the empire's munitions
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| burial place. The tomb remains the focal
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| | industry. Machine tools, sewing machines
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| point for one of Scotland's outstanding
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| | and locomotives were amongst Glasgow's
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| medieval buildings, as well as the resting
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| | other specialities. Glasgow became the so
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| place of one of northern Europe's most
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| | called Second City of the Empire and
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| influential missionaries.
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| | Workshop of the World; the industrial city
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| Nonetheless, it was 3 centuries after St
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| | of the industrial age.
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| Kentigern's death and across the River
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| | Glasgow's extraordinary success as an
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| Clyde at Govan that real political power
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| | industrial giant is reflected in her rich
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| first came to the Glasgow area. The
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| | architecture. Arguably no other city has
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| Kingdom of Strathclyde built its capital
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| | been bequeathed with finer examples of
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| here, possibly at the site of a
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| | both Edwardian and Victorian buildings.
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| prehistoric burial mound, after Viking
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| | Two Glasgow architects whose buildings are
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| attacks made the continuing occupation of
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| | amongst the city's finest are worth a
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| Dumbarton Rock untenable. For the
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| | special mention; Alexander 'Greek' Thomson
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| following three hundred years Govan
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| | (1817-1875), acclaimed for his innovative
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| remained the capital of this sizeable
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| | reinvention of the classical Greek style,
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| realm, until its incorporation into
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| | and the world renowned Charles Rennie
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| Scotland by King David I in the 12th
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| | Mackintosh (1868-1928), whose unique style
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| century. Govan's ancient origins can most
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| | remains highly influential
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| clearly be seen at Govan Parish Church,
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| | internationally.
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| once the site of the royal complex. The
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| | The wealth apparent in Glasgow's finest
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| highly decorated hog back grave markers
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| | buildings was not shared equally.
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| and stone crosses on display constitute
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| | Industrial Glasgow gained a reputation for
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| the largest collection of such stones in
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| | its extreme poverty. Frustration with
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| Scotland outside of Iona.
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| | social inequality was expressed through
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| As part of a policy designed to crush the
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| | the arts, football, sectarianism and
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| aristocracy of Strathclyde, David I moved
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| | politics. While the idea that the city
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| the centre of power in the area to the
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| | was perpetually on the verge of Revolution
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| site of Kentigern's church. In the
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| | is rather far fetched the legends of 'Red
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| centuries that followed the cathedral
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| | Clydeside' play a large part in both
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| began to take shape as well as the
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| | Glaswegian and Scottish identity. In more
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| adjacent Bishops Palace (on the site of
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| | practical terms, Glasgow's industrial
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| the Museum of Religion). Other stone
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| | environment was the birthplace of the
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| structures began to spring up such as the
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| | British Labour movement.
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