The great Clyde shipyards were unrivalled for over a century, producing a number of Cunard Line’s finest vessels, from RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth to QE2.
Highlights
GLASGOW ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
Scotland’s most popular gallery boasts a collection that includes Dutch Old Masters, works by Picasso and Dali, ceramics, silver, jewellery, and European arms and armour.
GLASGOW CATHEDRAL
Begun 1136, the cathedral is the only Scottish cathedral to survive the Reformation virtually intact.
PROVEND'S LORDSHIP
The oldest house in Glasgow dates to 1471 and features a pitched roof, crow-stepped gables, and armorial panels.
THE TENEMENT HOUSE
Acquired by the National Trust for Scotland in 1982, The Tenement House is a superb example of Glasgow’s modest Victorian terraced tenement buildings.
BURRELL COLLECTION
Shipping magnate Sir Alexander Burrell bequeathed his collection of over 8000 art objects, Impressionist masterpieces and rare Chinese jade to Glasgow in 1944.
STIRLING CASTLE
Stirling Castle commands a major route linking the Highlands with the Lowlands. Its history includes 16 sieges as well as royal coronations and baptisms.
NEW LANARK
Founded 1786 by Scottish industrialist David Dale, New Lanark was a utopian experiment: a visionary mill town operated under democratic principles of social reform.
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