Glasgow and the Highlands

Scotland, United Kingdom 2016
P001 A rainy early morning at Dublin Airport - onboard the propeller plane flying us to Glasgow...
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P002 ... good morning from Glasgow, Scotland - it's ten minutes after 8 o'clock on Monday June 13, 2016...
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P003 Glasgow, a port city on the River Clyde in Scotland's West Central Lowlands, famed for its Victorian and art nouveau architecture, a rich legacy of the city's...
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P005 The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), the main gallery of contemporary art in Glasgow, housed in a neoclassical building built in 1778 located in Royal Exchange...
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P006 ... in front of GoMA, the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington sculpted by Italian-born French sculptor Baron Carlo Marochetti in 1844 (Duke of...
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P006a-014 George Square, the principal civic square in the city of Glasgow, named after King George III... [George III (1738-1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland...
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P008 ... laid out in 1781 with houses appearing between 1784 and 1820, George Square today is home to the headquarters of Glasgow City Council, also boasting an...
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P010-11 ... Cenotaph, the principal monument to Glasgow’s dead killed during the Great War of 1914-18; a truncated obelisk (strictly, the cenotaph itself) rises from...
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P010 ... Glasgow’s monument to the First World War is designed on a rectangular U-Plan, and consists of a central stepped area flanked by a pair of low walls...
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P011-015 ... rear wall of the cenotaph has an Imperial coat of arms carved in relief and a set of six bronze wreaths attached to flagpoles - George Square as viewed from...
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P012-009 ... east side of George Square dominated by the ornate Glasgow City Chambers, inaugurated by Queen Victoria on 22 August 1888 and opened to the public in...
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P016 ... Glasgow City Chambers, this grand edifice overlooking George Square, a symbol of Glasgow’s historic wealth and has, for more than a century, been the...
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P017 ... the grand staircase, the council chamber, banqueting hall and reception rooms are decorated in a grandiose style, not unbecoming to the commercial and...
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P018-007 George Square and the surrounding buildings have a strong historical link with the development of science and technology in Glasgow, statues in the Square...
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P018-013 George Square, the acknowledged center of Glasgow, spreading out from the impressive City Chambers as a natural stage for pop concerts, demonstrations, and the...
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P020 ... the south side of George Square now an exclusive residential development; this Jigsaw clothing store housed in an 1896 Victorian building that's used to be...
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P023 The Glasgow Royal Infirmary situated on the north-eastern edge of Glasgow city center, the oldest and largest hospital; the original Royal Infirmary building...
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P024-027 Statue of James Lumsden erected in 1862 at Cathedral Square, the area in front of Glasgow Cathedral... James Lumsden (1778–1856), a local benefactor, was Lord...
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P025-029 Glasgow Necropolis established by the Merchants House of Glasgow in 1831, situated on high ground adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral, a Victorian garden cemetery...
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P026-022 Glasgow Cathedral, on the eastern edge of Glasgow city center, marking the site where St Kentigern, or Mungo, built his church and established Glasgow - a...
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