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  1. www.britannica.com › place › Glasgow-ScotlandGlasgow | History, Facts, Map, & Points of Interest | Britannica

    2 days ago · Glasgow is Scotland's largest city and a major economic and cultural hub. Learn about its history, geography, attractions, and more from Britannica, the online encyclopedia.

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      Glasgow began to develop as a settlement in about ad 550...

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      Glasgow was essentially a royal burgh, or town, with special...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › University_of_GlasgowUniversity of Glasgow - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Learn about the history, academics, and achievements of the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Founded in 1451 by papal bull, the university has produced many notable alumni and is a member of several prestigious associations.

  3. www.glasgowworld.com › best-in › buildings-ofBuildings of Glasgow: 12 of Glasgow's most historic and ...

    5 days ago · 1. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Built in a Spanish Baroque style, exhibits include outstanding artwork by Monet, Renoir and van Gogh. It opened in 1901, for the Glasgow International Exhibition – taxi drivers will tell you the building is the wrong way round but that’s an urban myth.

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  5. uk.news.yahoo.com › humble-glasgow-building-namedThe humble Glasgow building that was named as Wikipedia's one ...

    1 day ago · Suddenly, the humble Jordanhill Station, a transport hub all but unknown outside of a G postcode, was appearing in newspaper articles around the world, as Wikipedia, a website that was barely five years old at that point, hit the million mark. The non-profit online encyclopaedia was started in 2001 by Jimmy Wales, who set an original target of ...

  6. www.thenational.scot › news › 24607952Time Out names area of Glasgow among world's coolest ...

    4 days ago · A GLASGOW area has been named on a list of the world's 'coolest neighbourhoods'. Time Out has released its seventh annual list with Strathbungo in the city's Southside coming in at number 22 on the charts. It is the only Glasgow entry - in fact, the only entry in Scotland - to feature.

  7. www.glasgowtimes.co.uk › news › scottish-newsTourists spent over £2billion in Glasgow last year

    4 days ago · Visitors spent over £2billion in Glasgow in 2023, it has been revealed. In total, tourists spent £2.35billion in the city last year - which is 48.6% more than in 2022. The Scottish Tourism Economic Impact Model (STEAM) data for last year also shows a huge rise in overnight visitors to Glasgow.

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  9. www.britannica.com › place › ScotlandScotland | History, Capital, Map, Flag, Population, & Facts

    1 day ago · Scotland, most northerly of the four parts of the United Kingdom, occupying about one-third of the island of Great Britain. The name Scotland derives from the Latin Scotia, land of the Scots, a Celtic people from Ireland who settled on the west coast of Great Britain about the 5th century ce.