Guide of Glasgow

Presentation of Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands. A person from Glasgow is known as a Glaswegian, which is also the name of the local dialect.

Glasgow grew from the medieval Bishopric of Glasgow and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow, which contributed to the Scottish Enlightenment. From the 18th century the city became one of Europe's main hubs of transatlantic trade with the Americas. With the Industrial Revolution, the city and surrounding region grew to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of engineering and shipbuilding, constructing many innovative and famous vessels. Glasgow was known as the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period. Today it is one of Europe's top twenty financial centres and is home to many of Scotland's leading businesses.

History of Glasgow

Glasgow is developing around a 6th century church built by St Mungo, which converts the Scots to Christianity. But one can not speak for Scotland or the Scots for the sixth century. North of Glasgow is the area of Picts. Glasgow which will in any case is the most northern land governed by the British people, but soon will be for the Scots or Gaels of Ireland, which will then, some three centuries later, a party Scotland. Scotland is therefore inherited by his past, Celtic civilization, that of the island of Britain, and the city of Glasgow shares the same origin. Saint Gildas and St. Patrick, both Britto-Romans, are from this region of the Firth of Clyde.

In 1175 was founded the archdiocese of Glasgow. The prosperity of the town dates from the union of Scotland with England, in 1707.

Glasgow, which obtained the right to trade with the islands of the West Indies, became the center of trade in tobacco and cotton and sugar. Clyde was dredged to accommodate ships of Wednesday

During the Second World War, the city is significantly damaged by German bombing.

See the full history of Glasgow on Wikipedia.

Sister cities of Glasgow

 Marseille, France
 Havana, Cuba
 Turin, Italy
 Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
 Nuremberg, Germany
 Dalian, People's Republic of China
 Lahore, Pakistan
 Rostov-on-Don, Russia