Liverpool. The City of Liverpool

1.

Liverpool
The City of
Liverpool
Performed by:
student gr. ОИСиТ11
Zamaraeva Tatiana
1

2.

Liverpool is a city in the
west of Great Britain, the
capital of the county of
Merseyside. It is one of
the main British ports,
known for its culture,
music,
football
and
numerous pubs.

3.

Geography and
climate
Liverpool is located on
the north-west coast of
England. The city lies on
sandy hills and has a
temperate maritime
climate.
sandy hills – песчаные холмы
Liverpool has a cool
summer, a rainy
autumn and mild
winter.

4.

Interesting
information
FIRST
SECOND
Liverpool Airport is one of the largest
in the UK. It receives more than 100
flights daily. Manchester Airport is
also nearby.
Liverpool has regular rail connections
to London, Manchester, Birmingham,
Leeds, Newcastle, York.
THIRD
FOURTH
Liverpool is one of the five most
popular shopping cities in the UK.
Here you can find several new
shopping complexes and many shops
throughout the city.
Liverpool has a rich and varied
cuisine. The most popular dish is
scouse (beef or lamb stew). The city is
also famous for bars, pubs and local
breweries.
4

5.

History
The first mention of Liverpool
dates back to the 12th century. At
the beginning of the 13th century,
the settlement received the status
of a borough. In the 14th - 16th
centuries Liverpool was a small
village with a population of
several hundred inhabitants.
Settlement - поселение
Borough - боро
5

6.

Albert Dock
Albert Dock is the first UK port
dock built of brick and iron
structures. It is an impressive
Victorian-era structure that
surrounds an arched passage.
The dock served as a ship
unloading area. Now the old
warehouses
have
been
converted
into
shops,
restaurants,
cafes
and
museums.
6

7.

Cavern Club
Cavern Club is the place where
the history of the legendary
Liverpool Four began in 1961.
Fans of The Beatles are
recommended to visit Forthlin
Road, where Paul McCartney's
former home is located, where
many early songs were written.
The house where John Lennon
spent his childhood is located
on Menlove Avenue.
7

8.

The Cathedral
The Cathedral is an impressive
red
sandstone
church,
completed in 1978. It is the
largest
Christian
religious
building in the UK and the fifth
in the world. The building has a
magnificent tower with a height
of 91 meters and an organ that
is one of the largest on the
planet.
8

9.

Liverpool
Metropolitan
Cathedral
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral is
the main Catholic church of the city,
which is a striking example of modern
architecture. Initially, the Catholic
community planned to build a huge
cathedral, which would be the second
largest church in the world and would
have a huge dome larger than the
dome of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome.
The Second World War made the
construction project very expensive.
The construction site was abandoned.
Abandoned – заброшена
9

10.

Pir Head
Pir Head is a complex of
monumental buildings of the
late 19th - early 20th century,
which are part of the port. The
largest building is the Royal
Liver Building, built in 1911. At
the time of construction, it was
the tallest building in the
country, it is sometimes called
the "first British skyscraper".
10

11.

The Church of the
Virgin Mary and St.
St. Nicholas
The Church of the Virgin Mary
and St. St. Nicholas is a neoGothic building completed in
1949. The tower was built in
1815. The origins of this
religious building go back to
the 13th century.
11

12.

Merseyside
Maritime Museum
Merseyside
Maritime
Museum - an impressive
collection
of
artifacts
related to navigation from
the Middle Ages to the
present. It opened in
Liverpool in 1980. After 6
years, it was forcibly
expanded.
12

13.

St. George's Hall
St.
George's
Hall
is
a
neoclassical building of the 19th
century
with
Corinthian
columns and wonderful statues.
In 1836, the city authorities
decided that Liverpool needed a
building
where
concerts,
celebrations and dinners could
be held. From the inside, the
building is divided into a
Concert Hall, a Civil and a
Criminal Court.
13

14.

Croxteth Hall
Croxteth Hall is a charming
Edwardian mansion located on
the outskirts of Liverpool. It is
the former country estate and
ancestral home of the Molyneux
family, Earls of Sefton. After the
death of the seventh and last
Earl in 1972, the estate passed
to Liverpool City Council.
14

15.

Radio City Tower
Radio City Tower is a radio
observation tower built in 1969
and opened by Queen Elizabeth
II. It has a height of 138 meters
and is the second tallest freestanding building in Liverpool
and the 32nd tallest in the
United Kingdom. If we take into
account the height of the
building, it has an antenna 10 m
long on the roof, which makes it
the tallest structure in Liverpool.
15

16.

Thanks you