City Hall Glasgow

This morning I went by the Glasgow City Hall building, which was supposed to have a public tour of its fabulous interior. I got there a bit early so walked around the square for a bit - lots of statues of people who have been important in the history of ...

... built a cloister around it and placed the Tontine heads in the walls. The Tontine heads are not medieval and were part of the City Hall built later. When the Hall was torn down they were lost and resurfaced in the mid 20th century. So they are displayed ...

... Strathclyde. Stayed at a Premier Travel Inn just off George Square - hotel average, location great. Glasgow is a much more interesting and beautiful city than I was expecting. Lots of very interesting Victorian architecture. Took a day ...

... ; who is Glasgow’s patron saint as well as being the location of his tomb. We then headed into George Square and the City Hall. We had plans to go to the Lighthouse which is Scotland’s Centre for architecture, design and the city. It used to ...

... to spoil the adventure. In the morning we walked past the old Exchange building (now the Museum of Modern Art) and the old City Hall into the Merchant Quarter through one of the old gates. They've turned a number of old warehouses into modern markets ...