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Go to sights in Mexico City |
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Sights in Belfast |
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| Belfast City Hall |
| This very large Victorian building is right in the middle of Belfast. It was built to celebrate Belfast being named a city by Queen Victoria. You can go inside it and admire its architecture. Belfast City Council run the city from here. |
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| Ulster Museum |
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This museum gives you information about Irish history, painting and industry. Northern Ireland was famous for making linen, glass and machinery. You can also see the gold jewellery that was discovered in the wreck of a Spanish Armada ship which sank off Ireland's coast in 1588. If you want to get more 'hands-on', you can touch some dinosaur bones, or paint a mural! |
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| The Odyssey |
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The Odyssey is a very new and very large building that was built to celebrate the Millennium. It has an arena which stages sport and entertainment events, as well as a cinema complex and a shopping pavilion. The W5 Discovery Centre is also here. W5 stands for Who, What, When, Where and Why and there are lots of activities which help you find out more about science, technology and engineering. |
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Murals are paintings that are drawn on the walls of buildings. Often they are found in areas of poor social conditions and express a community's pride in its history and politics. The paintings can be of people, events and slogans. The murals in the Falls Road and the Shankill Road illustrate the different cultures and politics between the two places. |
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| Harland and Wolff |
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Harland and Wolff is the name of Belfast's most famous shipbuilding company. You can see the shipyard's massive cranes, which are called Samson and Goliath, from many places in the city. The shipyard is also famous for building the Titanic, which sank in 1912 when it hit an iceberg. |
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| Lagan Meadows |
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Lagan Meadows is a large area in the south of the city where you can go for walks. There is a nature trail and many different kinds of plants and animals to see in different habitats such as woodland, marshland and a hay meadow. Belfast's first piped water supply came from a spring in the Lagan Meadows. |
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| Stormont |
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Stormont is about 6½ km (4 miles) east of Belfast and is the government building where the new Northern Ireland Assembly meets. Unfortunately, you can't look round the building, but it is on a hill in the middle of a park which people can visit. There is a mile long straight drive leading up to the building called Processional Way. |
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| The Albert Memorial Clock |
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This clock is 35m (113ft) tall and is like the Leaning Tower of Pisa because it isn't straight. It leans by about 1.25m (4ft) because it was built on reclaimed land from the River Lagan. It is named after Prince Albert, who was Queen Victoria's husband. |
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