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Liverpool
Excursion
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This walking tour starts from point
number 1 on this map.When you arrive at
each point read the description of the sight.
You will have the chance to discover and
admire many of the most beautiful and
important sights of this city.
Entrances not included.
St Luke’s Church
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The site of St Luke’s Church
was granted to the town of
Liverpool in 1791 by Lord
Derby. The Foundation stone
for the church was laid in 1811
but it took decades before the
church was ready. The Church
was built of free stone and it is
one of the finest examples of
florid Gothic architecture in the
UK. The Church was once the
sight of elaborate weddings and
beautiful bells, but now it is only
an empty shell. The church is
lacking in roof and windows due
to it being hit by a incendiary
device which resulted in a fire
and destroyed the Church.
Liverpool Cathedral
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Liverpool Cathedral took 74 years
altogether to build. It was not
finished until 1978.The Liverpool
Cathedral is the largest in the
UK and the fifth largest in the
whole world; the under-tower
vault is the highest in the world
and the bells are the biggest
and heaviest in the world.The
Cathedral managed to survive
two world wars, recessions
periods and great hardship in the
port of Liverpool.The organ in
the Cathedral is one of the largest
in the world and the sound of the
stops is aided by a nine second
reverberation in the Cath.
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