SCOTLAND

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SCOTLAND
Scotland is a country that is part of the
United Kingdom. Occupying the northern
third of the island of Great Britain, it
shares a border with England to the south
and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the
Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the
North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In
addition to the mainland, Scotland includes over
790 islands including the Northern Isles and the
Hebrides. Saint Andrzej is a patron of Scotland.
Scotland has five main international airports
(Glasgow International, Edinburgh, Aberdeen,
Glasgow Prestwick and Inverness) which together
serve 150 international destinations with a wide
variety of scheduled and chartered flights. The
population of Scotland in the 2001 Census was
5,062,011. This has risen to 5,194,000 according
to June 2009 estimates. This would make Scotland
the 113th largest country by population if it
were a sovereign state. Just over two-thirds
(67) of the Scottish population reported having
a religion in 2001 with Christianity representing
all but 2 of these. 28 of the population
reported having no religious adherence.
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GLASGOW

• General information
• Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and
  third most
• populous in the United Kingdom. The city is
  situated on
• the River Clyde in the country's west central
  lowlands.
• A person from Glasgow is known as a Glaswegian.
• The city has many amenities for a wide range of
  cultural
• activities, from curling to opera and ballet and
  from
• football to art appreciation it also has a
  large selection
• of museums that include those devoted to
  transport, religion, and modern art. Many of the
  city's cultural sites were celebrated in 1990
  when Glasgow was designated European City of
  Culture.
• The Church of Scotland and the Roman Catholic
  Church are the two largest Christian
  denominations in the city. There are 147
  congregations in the Church of Scotland's
  Presbytery of Glasgow.The city has four Christian
  cathedrals Glasgow Cathedral, of the Church of
  Scotland St Andrew's Cathedral, of the Catholic
  Church St Mary's Cathedral, of the Scottish
  Episcopal Church, and St Luke's Cathedral, of the
  Greek Orthodox Church.

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GLASGOW

• Transport
• Glasgow has a large urban transport system,
  mostly managed by the Strathclyde Partnership for
  Transport
• The city has many bus services. The principal
  bus operators within the city are First Glasgow,
  Arriva Scotland West, Stagecoach West Scotland
  and Glasgow Citybus. The main bus terminal in the
  city is Buchanan bus station.

The city is served by two international airports
and a seaplane terminal Glasgow International
Airport , Glasgow Prestwick International Airport
and Glasgow Seaplane Terminal, by the Glasgow
Science Centre on the River Clyde. There is also
a small airfield at Cumbernauld and Glasgow City
Heliport located at Stobcross Quay on the banks
of the Clyde.
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GLASGOW

• Architecture
• The city is notable for architecture designed
  by the Glasgow School, the most notable exponent
  of that style being Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
  Mackintosh was an architect and designer in the
  Arts and Crafts Movement and the main exponent of
  Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom, designing
  numerous noted Glasgow buildings such as the
  Glasgow School of Art, Willow Tearooms and the
  Scotland Street School Museum. A hidden gem of
  Glasgow, also designed by Mackintosh, is the
  Queen's Cross Church, the only church by the
  renowned artist to be built.

Glasgow's impressive historical and modern
architectural traditions were celebrated in 1999
when the city was designated UK City of
Architecture and Design, winning the accolade
over Liverpool and Edinburgh.
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF GLASGOW
University of Glasgow
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF GLASGOW
Glasgow Central station
Hampden Park
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF GLASGOW
Sir Norman Foster's Clyde Auditorium
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF GLASGOW
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF GLASGOW
Mitchell Library
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF GLASGOW
Saint Mungo
Merchant City
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF GLASGOW
The People's Palace in Glasgow Green
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• Author
• Krzysztof Wieczkowski
• Class IIIB