SCOTLAND - CITY - Glasgow

Glasgow

It is the largest and most populous city of Scotland and the third largest city of the United Kingdom
and it is located west of the central part of the Scottish lowlands.

The city lies on the banks of the Clyde.The birth of the city is based on two medieval foundations: The former Archdiocese of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow in 1451.

The decisive development, however arised after the Scottish enlightment, imposing an early literacy rate and a rapid transition towards the mastery of the tool machineries.

After the nineteenth Century. The engineering and shipbuilding are over. Called, after London, "the second city of the British Empire" during the Victorian and Edwardian areas despite its sad Glasgow slums.

Major renovation projects pushed Glaswegians to the suburbs to the "new towns" and the successive changes of administrative boundaries of the city lead to a population decline to 592,000 inhabitants, while the population of the metropolitan area reached 1.2 million inhabitants.

Today, the population of the metropolitan area is approximately 2.3 million people, or 41% of the population of Scotland.

The reputation of the city remains today and points it as one of the most important financial centers in Europe and welcomes Scottish headquarters of large companies. In 2012, Glasgow was classified 44th global city for the quality of its infrastructure.

Glasgow organized the 2014 commonwealth games.

The city symbols

Lord Lion granted Glasgow coat of arms on October 25^th, 1866 including symbols and emblems associated with the city's patron “St Mungo”, previously used on the city seal. The crest and emblems on the shield represent the miracles done by the saint, listed in a traditional verse

“Here the bird that never flew
Here the tree that never grew
Here the bell that has never rung
Here the fish that never swam "

The current tree oak was originally a hazel. Saint Mungo put some hazelnut branches to re-ignite a fire extinguished.

The bird is a familiar red throat bird the saint revived.

The bell is the original cathedral of the saint; the real object is in the People's Palace in the city. Poison and a salmon with a gold ring in his mouth. Three are present on the arms.
The ring was the property of the queen of Strathclyde, who lost it. Saint Mungo caught a salmon in the River Clyde and found the ring in the body of the fish

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