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- The Beatles, the legenday band, was formed in Liverpool. Today the city
is still famous for this and back in the 60’s it was the center of the cultural
and youth life.
- For over 500 years Liverpool remained a small harbour port until, in
1715, it became commercial wet dock.
- For over a hundred years Liverpool’s prosperity grew on the back of the
slave trade. A sign of this increasing wealth, the new Town Hall, opened in
1754 and is still in use today! The slave trade was abolished in the British
Empire in 1807 after vigorous campaigning by many prominent people, including
a Liverpool lawyer William Roscoe who wrote "The Wrongs of Africa",
denouncing the African slave trade.
- During the Victorian era many fine buildings were erected, including the
magnificent neoclassical St. George’s Hall, which was reopened by Prince Charles
in 2007 after a £23 million restoration.
- 1916 saw the completion of the Cunard Building, which together with the
Dock Offices and the Liver Building, was erected on the site of the original
George’s Dock. These buildings is known as the Three Graces and it was esignated
a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.
- "If you want a cathedral, we’ve got one to spare", is a line from
the song "In My Liverpool Home". It is very true: Liverpool has
two cathedrals in very different architectural styles. The foundation stone
of the "traditional-looking" Anglican Christ Church cathedral was
laid in 1904 and the "modern-looking" Catholic Metropolitan Church
of Christ the King was completed in 1967. The architects for these two very
distinctive buildings were Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Sir Frederick Gibberd.
- The Catholic cathedral is sometimes jokingly referred to as "Paddy’s
Wigwam" due to its shape and the vast number of Irish men who worked
on the construction of the cathedral and/or are living in the area.
- Titanic (the ship that inspired thousand songs and movies) was officially
registered in Liverpool
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Filed by Maria on 06-01-2008
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