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Encyclopedia > Glasgow City Hall

Glasgow's City Halls and Fruitmarket is a concert hall and old fruitmarket in Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city and unitary council, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... ...


For the City of Glasgow's municipal buildings, see Glasgow City Chambers. The City of Glasgow Council (Mòr-bhaile Ghlaschu in Gaelic) is one of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities, formerly Glasgow District Council and Glasgow Corporation in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The front of the City Chambers, from George Square The Council Chamber The Full Marble Staircase The City Chambers of Glasgow, Scotland, are magnificent Victorian buildings on the eastern side of the citys George Square. ...

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History

The City Halls was designed by John Carrick 1882 was the first concert hall to be built in the City played host to the likes of Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens and William Gladstone.


Not to be confused with other city halls, which are the council halls, Glasgow's City Hall is located on Candleriggs, in the Merchant City and featured concerts by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchastra. It has been a venue for many of Glasgow's Festivals, including Mayfest and the Jazz Festival. The Merchant City, is a district of Glasgow, Scotland. ...


It was also home to the bustling produce markets which still feed the imagination with names such as the fresh fruit and flower market and the cheese market (very similar to London's Covent Garden. Covent Garden is a shopping and entertainment complex in central London. ...


Concert Hall


The City Hall and Old Fruit Market re-opened in January 2006 after undergoing a period of renovation [1]. The refurbished halls are now the base venue for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and a regular performance space for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Glasgow.


See also

The city of Glasgow, Scotland, has many amenities for a wide range of cultural activities, from curling to opera and from football to art appreciation; it also has a large selection of museums that include those devoted to transport, religion, and modern art. ...

External links

  • Renovation of the City Halls

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Glasgow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (6254 words)
Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotland's largest city and unitary council, situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands.
The City Centre is bounded by the High Street to the East, the River Clyde to the South and the M8 motorway to the West and North which cut a swathe through the Charing Cross and Anderston areas in the 1960s.
Glasgow is home to a student population in excess of 168,000, second only to London in the UK, the majority of them living in the west-end of the city, near Glasgow University's main campus on Gilmorehill.
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