Monument to the people of Belfast who joined the XV International Brigade to fight Fascism in the Spanish Civil War 1936 – 1939. It is located in Writers’ Square and commemorates the 48 Catholics and Protestants served side by side…
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This building was constructed by Young & McKenzie between 1897 and 1902 as purpose built office units and retail outliets and retains that function today.[1] It was built on the site of former linen warehouses and the Donegall Hotel.[2] It…
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The Scottish Temperance Assurance Buildings was constructed as office buildings on the site of an old linen warehouse. It was designed by Henry Seaver and completed in 1904. C.E.B Brett described it as being styled with the ‘free treatment of…
ByadminThe arms were officially granted today in 1890 (30 June). The wolf-is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast, who obtained the city’s charter from English King James I in 1613. The ship tells of…
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The two great canary yellow-painted gantry cranes are icons of the Belfast city skyline are known as Samson and Goliath. Goliath is the smaller crane measuring 96m (315ft) high began work in 1969 and Samson, the larger at 106m (348ft),…
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