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  2. Timeline of Belfast history - Wikipedia

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    1888 – Queen Victoria grants city status to Belfast. At the time it is Ireland's largest city, the UK's third most important port (behind London and Liverpool), the leader in world trade, [clarification needed] and the global centre of linen production. [34] 1888 – Alexandra Park, Woodvale Park and Belfast Central Library open. [63] [64] [65]

  3. History of Belfast - Wikipedia

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    High Street, Belfast, c.1906. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland, and throughout its modern history has been a major commercial and industrial centre.In the late 20th century manufacturing industries that had existed for several centuries declined, particularly shipbuilding.

  4. Belfast City Centre - Wikipedia

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    Belfast City Centre is the central business district of Belfast, Northern Ireland.. The city centre was originally centred on the Donegall Street area. Donegall Street is now mainly a business area, but with expanding residential and entertainment development as part of the Cathedral Quarter scheme - St. Anne's, Belfast's Anglican cathedral is located here.

  5. The Complex History Behind Belfast —and Its Echoes in ... - AOL

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  6. Buildings and structures in Belfast - Wikipedia

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    The City Hall, was finished in 1906 and was built to reflect Belfast's City status, granted by Queen Victoria in 1888. The Dome is 53 metres (173 ft) high. The Dome is 53 metres (173 ft) high. Figures above the door are " Hibernia encouraging and promoting the Commerce and Arts of the City". [ 1 ]

  7. Architecture of Belfast - Wikipedia

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    None of the buildings from Belfast's first century as a market town on the river Farset survive today. The only significant structures in those early years from 1613 would have been a castle established by Sir Arthur Chichester, and the parish church at the foot of High Street, where a 'chapel of the ford' had been erected by 1306, and where St ...

  8. Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    The scene at Stormont in Belfast, for the opening of the new Northern Ireland Parliament Buildings by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 16 November 1932.. The need for a separate parliament building for Northern Ireland emerged with the creation of the Northern Ireland Home Rule region within Ulster in the Government of Ireland Act 1920.

  9. Tens of thousands throng Belfast city centre to mark Northern ...

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    Cries of ‘no surrender’ echoed at Stormont on Saturday afternoon as thousands gathered to mark 100 years since partition.