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Glasgow
Excursion
Glasgow
FullDay
Excursion
All groups are escortedbythePLUS staff
Nelson Mandela
Place
1
Glasgowwas the first city
to make Nelson Mandela
a freeman in 1981. At the time
the South African government
refused him permission to leave
prison to accept the honour.
This fuelled a worldwide
campaign to set him free.
Five years after this,
the city renamed St Georges
Place, which is the location
of the South African consulate,
as Nelson Mandela Place.
This was a big annoyance to
the people who worked
at the consulate. Mandela was
eventually released in 1990
and he became South Africa’s
first democratically elected
president in 1994.
Glasgow
City Chambers
3
Glasgow City Chambers is one
of the city’s most important
and prestigious buildings,
and the symbol of Glasgow’s
political strength and historical
wealth. The building was
completed in 1888, and it has
been the headquarters of the
Council of the City of Glasgow
for over a hundred years.
The building has been used
for other purposes as well, such
as a prison, a court,
and it housed booths for rent
collection. The original City
Chambers was 5016 square
metres, but due to the Council
expanding the current,
extended building
is 14 000 square metres.
Lighthouse
4
The Lighthouse is Scotland’s
Centre for Design
and Architecture, it is a visitor
centre, exhibition space and an
events venue. The Lighthouse
is the former warehouse
at the back of the printing office
of the Glasgow Herald.
The building was designed
in 1895. It contained
a 8000-gallon water tank, which
was to protect the building
and all its contents from
the risk of fire. The Lighthouse
was launched in 1999.
George Square
2
George Square is the main civic
square in Glasgow. It is named
after King George III,
and originally a statue of him
was intended to be in the centre
of the Square.
The Square was laid out in
1781. Many of Glasgow’s public
statues are placed around
the Square, which include Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert,
poets Robert Burns
and Thomas Campbell, inventor,
James Watt, chemist
Thomas Graham, generals
Sir John Moore and Lord
Clyde, and politicians William
Gladstone, Robert Peel
and James Oswald.
Excursions PickupTime
Pickupatthecentre:
Outside the College-time: 8,30
Dropoffatthecentre:
Outside the College-time: 18,30
DropOffPointatDestination:
Buchanan Street (subject to change)-time: 10,30
PickupPointatDestination:
Buchanan Street (subject to change)-time: 16,30
Campus:
St.Andrews
Trasportation:
Private Bus
250