Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough on Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary.

Important landmarks and buildings

The built environment of Liverpool contains over 2,500 listed buildings (26 Grade I and 85 Grade II*) it is the inheritance of high-minded public spirit since the later 18th century, largely with Dissenter impetus, that has resulted in more public sculpture than in any UK city aside from Westminster, more listed buildings than any city apart from London and, surprisingly, more Georgian houses than the City of Bath.

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(26 Grade I and 85 Grade II*) - Dissenter - Bath

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In 2004 Liverpool's waterfront was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the justification is Liverpool's importance in the development of world trading system and dock technology.

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2004 - UNESCO - World Heritage site - Dock

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Amongst its superlatives: Liverpool has the largest panel of stained glass in the world (in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral), the largest brick building in the world, and the first enclosed integrated dock system in the world. The Anglican Cathedral has the longest nave, largest organ and heaviest and highest peal of bells in the world. Architects well represented in Liverpool: Giles Gilbert Scott, Peter Ellis, Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, and John Foster. Sir Edwin Lutyens is represented by the completed crypt of his projected Metropolitan Cathedral, which was built to a simpler design by Frederick Gibberd.

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Stained glass - Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Nave - Giles Gilbert Scott - Peter Ellis - Harvey Lonsdale Elmes - John Foster - Edwin Lutyens - Frederick Gibberd

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• Albert Dock
• Bluecoat Arts Centre
• Cast Iron Shore
• Cunard Building
• Lime Street Station
• Royal Liver Building
• Liverpool John Moores University
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Liverpool University
• Merseyside Maritime Museum
• Museum of Liverpool Life
• Oriel Chambers design by Peter Ellis.
• The Philharmonic Dining Rooms
• Pier Head
• Port of Liverpool Building
• Quiggins
• St George’s Hall
• Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse
• The Beatles Story
• Town-Hall
• Walker Art Gallery
• Wellington's Column
• William Brown Library
• Williamson's tunnels

Theatres

• Empire
• Everyman
• Neptune
• Philharmonic Hall
• The Playhouse
• Royal Court
• Unity

Ritual sites

• Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas
• Gustav Adolfus Kyrka The Swedish Seamen's Church.
• Liverpool Cathedral (Anglican)
• Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (Roman Catholic),
• Princes Road Synagogue
• Church of St Luke, Liverpool
• Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas the seafarers church and Liverpool parish church.