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Eurowalk 1 - Point B - Glasgow Cathedral and European Links

Glasgow Cathedral - photo J Wilson Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Kentigern's or St Mungo's Cathedral, was built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards and is the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland to have survived the Reformation with its roof on. The cathedral is said to have been built where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. The tomb of the saint is in the lower crypt.  The congregation is part of the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Glasgow and its services and associations are open to all. It sits alongside Glasgow Royal Infirmary, opened in 1794, and the Glasgow Necropolis graveyard, opened in 1833. Information from Visit Scotland - their page is at: https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/glasgow-cathedral-p254881 This is an excellent document about the European influences: Historic-Churches.pdf (cramondassociation.org.uk) Photos of Cathedral and Stained Glass on page by J.W...

Euro Driving Tour - Hampden Park, two European records & Rose Reilly, a Scot who played for Italy !

Hampden Park is the national football stadium of Scotland. It now has a 51,866-capacity but the European record attendance for an international football match took place here, with 149,415 attending a Scotland v England match in 1937. And another record crowd of over 127,000 for a European Cup final watched Real Madrid of Spain win 7-3 against Eintracht Frankfurt of West Germany.  The postponed 2020 UEFA European Football Championship or UEFA Euro 2020 are taking place this year (2021), all being well, at Hampden on the south side of Glasgow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56656500 Hampden in 2014 for the Commonwealth Games Photo: J.Wilson In club football, Glasgow teams like Celtic, Rangers and Partick Thistle have all played in European football and have featured a good number of players from across Europe. Partick Thistle Link In Women's football there have been some fabulous international links including Scottish players who have played in Italy, the most famous probably ...