3168 x 4752 px | 26,8 x 40,2 cm | 10,6 x 15,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
27. April 2014
Ort:
Donegall Square, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe
Weitere Informationen:
Belfast City Hall is the civic building of the Belfast City Council. Located in Donegall Square, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, it faces north and effectively divides the commercial and business areas of the city center. Plans for the City Hall began in 1888 when Belfast was awarded city status by Queen Victoria. This was in recognition of Belfast's rapid expansion and thriving linen, rope-making, shipbuilding and engineering industries. During this period Belfast briefly overtook Dublin as the most populous city on the island of Ireland.Construction began in 1898 under the supervision of architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas and was completed in 1906. The exterior is built mainly from Portland stone and is in the Baroque Revival style. It covers an area of one and a half acres and has an enclosed courtyard.Featuring towers at each of the four corners, with a lantern-crowned 173 ft (53 m) copper dome in the centre, the City Hall dominates the city center skyline. As with other Victorian buildings in the city center, the City Hall's copper-coated domes are a distinctive green.
