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Liverpool Capital of Culture (UK)

ColinT
2005-04-24 10:23:28

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busiest and most cosmopolitan centres and a top heritage attraction. The 19th century warehouse buildings have been converted into an award winning attraction, housing cafe bars, restaurants, shops, the Beatles Story, the Maritime Museum, Museum of Liverpool Life, Tate Liverpool and top end hotels.

On leaving the Albert Dock, I headed toward the city centre and had almost forgot just how stunning the city's architecture really is. Office blocks and impressive ornate Victorian buildings rose from the banks of the River Mersey, blanketed in mist, and resonated to the sound of seagulls and appeared truly haunting. A triumvirate of must-see magnificent early 20th century buildings, constructed to demonstrate the city's importance and wealth, dominate the Pier Head, the focal point of the waterfront. The Port of Liverpool Building always exudes an air of supremacy with its St Paul's-like dome and the Italian palazzo-style Cunard Building sits next to it, adjacent to the iconic Royal Liver Building, the city's crowning glory. It is not hard to imagine why, on first seeing the city, most visitors would be almost overwhelmed by the Corinthium columns and porticos of the many imperious buildings, designed to mirror French Renaissance styles or classic European palaces.

Eventually I headed away from the river, toward the edge of the centre and soon found myself surrounded by a host of elegant and imposing Georgian terraces. The city has more Georgian buildings anywhere else in the country, outdoing even Bath. Rising up from the terraces is the enormous monolithic red sandstone neo-Gothic Anglican Cathedral, the largest cathedral in Britain and the fifth largest in the world. From the top of its tower it is possible to pick out many of the city's gems, including the majestic St. George's Hall, possibly the finest neo-classical building in Europe. Completed in 1854, its interior is arranged around a central axis, ...