Liverpool-Mercantile City

Liverpool: De maritieme handelsstad werd in 2004 een UNESCO Werelderfgoedsite.          

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City became an UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: De schoorsteen van het Pump House.

Liverpool was een van de belangrijkste handelssteden in de 18de en 19de eeuw.

Door de handel speelde Liverpool een belangrijke rol in de groei van het Britse Rijk.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: In the middle the Pump House.

The city and port of Liverpool are exceptional testimony to the development of

maritime mercantile culture in the 18th and 19th  centuries.

The port of Liverpool played a considerable role in the growth of the British Empire.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Salt House Dock.

Liverpool werd in de 17de en 18de eeuw een belangrijke haven voor de

transatlantische handel van slaven en goederen. Vanuit Liverpool vertrokken veel 

emigranten van Europa naar Noord-Amerika.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Salt House Dock.

Liverpool became the major port for the emigration of people from northern

Europe to America. Liverpool was also the centre for the slave trade.

Liverpool was an important link between Europe and the New World. 

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Albert Dock Traffic Office.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Albert Dock Traffic Office.

Albert Dock Traffic Office was built in 1846-1847. Albert Dock Traffic Office is

built of brick with red sandstone. The most remarkable feature is the cast iron

Tuscan portio and frieze. Albert Dock Traffic Office was restored with the rest of

Albert Dock in the 1980s. It will become home to the International Slavery Museum.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Albert Dock.

Liverpool was een pionier in ontwikkeling en bouw van moderne scheepsdokken,

transportsystemen en management van een handelshaven.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Albert Dock.

Liverpool was a pioneer in the development of modern dock technology.

Liverpool was also a pioneer in development of modern transport

systeems and port management. 

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Het Albert Dock is gerestaureerd en geeft onderdak

aan winkels, eethuizen en Tate Liverpool, de dependance van het Tate Modern in London.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Albert Dock was restored and houses

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: De zeevaart- en handelsstad Liverpool, bestaat uit

een aantal dokken, met als middelpunt het Albert Dock (foto), pak- en handelshuizen,

publieke gebouwen en het St. George's Plateau, waarop St. George Hall is gelegen.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Albert Dock

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Albert Dock.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Albert Dock.

The Albert Dock Warehouses were opened in 1846-1847.

Liverpool, the Maritime Mercantile City, played an important role in the

development of dock construction, port management and international trading

systems in the 18th and 19th centuries. Liverpool, Maritime Mercantile City also

played an leading role in Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Liverpool became the major

port for the mass movement of people, emigrants from Europe to the New World.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: De havenmuur bij de dokken.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: The Dock Wall.

The purpose of the Dock Wall was to control rather than prevent access from

the town into the docks. The monumental gateways with the wooden gates made

the docks into a fortress-like stronghold.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: De Beatles Story, een museum met de

geschiedenis van deze beroemde band. Liverpool was in de zestiger jaren van de

vorige eeuw de bakermat van de muzikale revolutie.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: The Beatles Story.

Liverpool was the heart of the musical revolution during the 1960s.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Links het Royal Liver Building en rechts het

Cunard Building.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Royal Liver Building on the left and

Cunard building on the right.

The Royal Liver Building was built in 1908-1911. It is notable as one of Britain's first

multi-storey reinforced concrete framed buildings. The Royal Liver Building clock

towers are mounted with copper Liver Birds, to many the very identity of Liverpool.

The Cunard Building was built for the Cunard Shipping Company in 1913-1916.

The Cunard Building is decorated with sculptures of races from around the world.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Port of Liverpool Building.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Port of Liverpool Building.

The domed Head Office of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board was completed

in 1907. The Port of Liverpool Building has cast iron gates and gate piers

decorated with maritime symbols and lamp holders with naval monuments.               

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: India Building.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: India Building.

This immense office block was built for the Blue Funnel Line in 1924-1931.

The India Building has stripped classical facades and Italian Renaissance details.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Duke's Street.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Duke's Street.

The merchant's houses and warehouses around Duke's Street are part of the

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: 'County Sessions House'.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: County Sessions House.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Walker Art Gallery.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Walker Art Gallery.

The Walker Art Gallery was named after its principal benefactor Alderman Andrew

Barclay Walker, at that time Lord Mayor of Liverpool. A classical portico is the

centerpiece of the exterior. The Walker Art Gallery is located on

St. George's Plateau. The buildings on St. George's Plateau are part of the

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: World Museum Liverpool and Central Library.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: World Museum Liverpool and Central Library

was built in 1857-1860. The Neo-Classical building is located on St. George's Plateau

and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: 'St.George Hall'.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: St.George Hall, built in 1840-1855.

St.George Hall is built in Grecian style externally with a Roman interior.

The Great Hall has a Minton tiled floor and a great organ. The small Concert Room

of St.George Hall was often visited by Charles Dickens. St.George Hall is located

on St. George's Plateau. The buildings on St. George's Plateau

are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad: Victoria monument.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Victoria monument.

De maritieme handelsstad Liverpool: Gebouw van de havenmeester.

Liverpool, de maritieme handelsstad werd in 2004 Werelderfgoed en

staat op de Werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO als: Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City.

Werelderfgoed Liverpool, maritieme handelsstad, bestaat uit pakhuizen, handelshuizen,

havengebouwen, gebouwen op het St. George's Plateau, de havenmuur, Pier Head en

een aantal dokken: Wapping Dock, Salt House Dock,

Canning Half Tide Dock, Stanley Dock en het middelpunt Albert Dock.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City: Piermaster's House.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City became an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.

Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City includes six areas with commercial buildings,

civic and public buildings, St. George's Plateau, Pier Head, Wapping Dock,

Salt House Dock, Canning Half Tide Dock, Stanley Dock en Albert Dock.