Thursday 28 January 2016

Ireland

Have you known that...
Kinsale is a small town in southern Ireland (County Cork), located at the mouth of the River Bandon to its appearance reminiscent of a picturesque fjord bay. In the past, the city was forgotten and neglected fishing port , which later transformed into an attractive summer resort. Currently in Kinsale you have a large number of diverse restaurants and itself has earned the name "gourmet capital of Ireland". The most interesting buildings in Kinsale include the 'm in. XII century Church of St Multose'a , the old court building (Old Courthouse), the sixteenth century Desmond Castle (the location of the Wine Museum now) and located on the shores of the bay and occupying more than 3.5 hectares of the seventeenth century Charles Fort. The fortress was so laid out that never posed little military significance. Currently, there is a marina.
Cobh, the small port city and also the popular summer tourist resort in southern Ireland (County Cork) Located on the shores of the Irish Sea pension. Is the Eighteenth Century at the construction site of the present town there was only a small fishing village that has become a major port during the War of Independence American colonies that took place in the years 1775-1783. Another incentive to make the City Development was the period of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars GREAT (1800-1815) WHEN Naval Ships Fleet TU complement their stocks. From this period came the marvelous buildings of cut Stone. During the Victorian city it has changed its name to Queenstown (given in honor of Queen Victoria), and in 1912 was from here that went his last voyage of the Titanic weights. Distinguished by the City of joke building built in the years 1868-1915 the monumental neo-Gothic Cathedral. Kolm (Cathedral of St. Kolman is). This impressive Temple of the 90-meter tower was designed by EW Pugin, G. Ashlin and Thomas Coleman.






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