Once the British Empire’s second city, Liverpool has, since WOrld War II been in decline. In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in investment with the centre of the city seeing regeneration. Liverpool was the European Capital of Culture for 2008 for the full twelve months there were countless events ranging from world class music concerts to unique art exhibitions. Now the dust has settled what is there to bring in visitors to this exciting city? Well there are definetely a number of new Liverpool hotels meeting the requirements of all tastes. In the text below I introduce you to 3 tourist attractions in Liverpool.
Tate Liverpool
Located at the waterfront in Liverpool, as part of the Albert Dock complex, is Tate Liverpool. Since opening in 1988, the Tate, for a short period of time, was the largest gallery of contemporary and modern art in the United Kingdom, besides London. The Tate is an extremely popular visitor attraction in Liverpool, with in excess of 600,000 visitors through its’ doors each 12 months. The gallery is in one of the 5 converted warehouses orignally converted by James Stirling. However, the building had to undergo further refurbishment in1988 to create more gallery space. In 2007 the foyer was redesigned, giving the gallery a more modern appearance and better proportions in the reception area.
Albert Dock
Liverpool’s Albert Dock was named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, who opened the docks in 1846. extremely busy throughout the years,~Over the years the docks were very busy}, but eventually had to close to shipping in 1972. For many years the docks lay quiet and derelict, until the 1980’s when they were redeveloped with funding from the Merseyside Development Corporation. The dock consisted of five warehouse buildings, all of which are Grade I listed, making the Albert Dock complex the largest set of Grade I listed building in the United Kingdom. The docks are now home to a number of visitor attractions, including the Tate Liverpool and the Merseyside Maritime Museum.
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
Liverpool is renowned for having two cathedrals: the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral and the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. When John Charles Rye was assigned Bishop of Liverpool in 1880, ironically there was no cathedral in Liverpool as that time. Whereupon, after a lot of deliberation, the powers that be agreed that a cathedral was required. In 1902, they chose to hold an open competition for the design of the cathedral. The winning design was chosen in 1903, and astonishingly, was a design by student Giles Gilbert Scott, who had no preceding building experience. Another architect, George F. Bodley, was assigned to work with Scott, and oversee all designs and building works. King Edward VII laid the foundation stone in 1904, and in 1910, the first part of the cathedral, the Lady Chapel, was completed.
Besides the 3 visitor attractions examined above Liverpool has a great many more. As well as this there are a great many more not too far away, perfect for a day visit. If you are planning to spend time in Liverpool you may wish to take a look at our web site which has a comprehensive list of Liverpool bed & breakfast as well as a selection of apartments in Liverpool.
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