Join Glasgow City Heritage Trust Director Niall Murphy for a tour of some of the highlights from his Moments of Beauty series, exploring the Merchant City and beyond.
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The Glasgow Necropolis embodies Glasgow at the height its power as the Second City of the British Empire, over 37 acres with 50,000 people interred from engineers, artist, iron founders, inventors, ship builders, locomotive makers, scientists, poets, factory owners, and business people of Victorian Glasgow are buried here.
Their monuments were designed by famous architects and sculptors of the time such as Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Necropolis was the first ornamental garden cemetery in Scotland with a landscape inspired by Pere Lachaise in Paris. It is included in Historic Scotland’s inventory if Gardens and Designed Landscapes.
The Necropolis is also home to many thousands of ordinary Glaswegians, many of whom are buried in unmarked graves.
As part of Doors Open 2023, The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis (The Friends) are delighted to offer informal and informative walking tours undertaken by our friendly and knowledgeable volunteer tour guides. We offer tours on Saturday @ 11.00am, 12.00 noon, 1.00pm, 2.00pm & 3.00pm and on Sunday @ 12.00 noon, 1..00pm, 2.00pm & 3.00pm.
Saturday: 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm
Booking essential.
The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis was launched at The Merchants House on Wednesday 22nd June 2005 and produced a committee and members from a wide range of backgrounds whose aim is to conserve the Glasgow Necropolis. Their interests include : family history research, cemetery history, architecture and sculpture, architectural conservation, natural history and ecology, tourism and hospitality and economic development. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis are a Registered Scottish Charity No SCO370918
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Join Glasgow City Heritage Trust Director Niall Murphy for a tour of some of the highlights from his Moments of Beauty series, exploring the Merchant City and beyond.
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Organised by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, Glasgow Doors Open Days is part of a family of Doors Open Days events taking place across Scotland throughout September, coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust.
Glasgow Building Preservation Trust
Wellpark Enterprise Centre
120 Sydney Street, Glasgow
G31 1JF
www.gbpt.org
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