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Glasgow is the third most populous city in the United Kingdomwith an estimated city population ofinas well as the 56th largest city by population in Europe. It is the fifth most visited city in the UK. Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Scotland, and tenth largest by tonnage in Britain.
Expanding from the Sivnificance bishopric and royal burghand the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the 15th century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century. From the 18th century onwards, Significacne city also grew as one of Great Britain's main hubs History and Significance of the Glasgow School transatlantic trade with North America and the West Indies. With the onset of the Industrial Revolutionthe population and economy of Glasgow and the surrounding region expanded rapidly to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of chemicals, textiles and engineering; most notably in the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry, which produced many innovative and famous vessels.
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Glasgow was the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian periodhaving taken the mantle from pre-independence Dublinwhich was largely recognised the second city during the Georgian era although many other cities argue the title was theirs, not Glasgow's. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Glasgow's population grew rapidly, reaching a peak of 1, people in This process reduced the population of the City of Glasgow council area to an estimatedinwith thr, people living in the defined Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area as of Glasgow hosted the Commonwealth Games and the first European Championships in ; and is also well known in the sporting world for football particularly the Old Firm rivalry between Celtic History and Significance of the Glasgow School Rangersrugby, athletics, tennis, golf and swimming.
or Today, Glasgow has a diverse architectural scene, one of the key factors leading visitors to the city. From the city centre sprawling with grand Victorian buildings, to the many glass and metal edifices in the International Financial Services District to the serpentine terraces of blonde and red sandstone in the fashionable west end and the imposing mansions which make up Pollokshieldson the south side.
Welsh glas-cau[19] giving a meaning of "green-hollow". It is sometimes mistakenly [ citation needed ] claimed that the name means "dear green place" when translated from Gaelic. The settlement probably had an earlier Cumbric name, Cathures ; the modern name appears for the first time in the Gaelic periodas Glasgu. It is also recorded that the King of StrathclydeRhydderch Haelwelcomed Saint Histoty also known as Saint Mungoand procured his consecration as bishop about More info some thirteen years Kentigern laboured in the region, building his church at the Molendinar Burn where Glasgow Cathedral now stands, and making many converts.]
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