- Length:<\/strong> 188.7 m (619 ft)<\/li>
- Area:<\/strong> 9,687.4 sq. m (104,275 sq. ft)<\/li>
- Choir Vault:<\/strong> 35.3 m (116 ft)<\/li>
- Nave Vault: <\/strong>36.5 m (120 ft)<\/li>
- Height of Tower:<\/strong> 100.8 m (331 ft)<\/li>
- Under Tower Vault:<\/strong> 53.3 m (175 ft)<\/li>
- Tower Arches:<\/strong> 32.6 m (107 ft)<\/li>
- Bells: <\/strong>(height above ground) 67.0 m (219 ft)<\/li>
- Bells: <\/strong>(weight) 31.5 tonnes (31 tons).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nInside the church are several modern art displays, currently the Doves of Peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nInstallation of the organ began in 1923. When the organ was completed in 1926 it was the largest musical instrument ever conceived, and, since the installation of the additional Central division in 2007, it continues to be the largest pipe organ in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTracey Emin, the artist writes: \u201cThe Church has always been a place, for me, for contemplation. I wanted to make something for Liverpool Cathedral about love and the sharing of love. Love is a feeling which we internalise; a feeling very hard to explain. I thought it would be nice for people to sit in the Cathedral and have a moment to contemplate the feelings of love, it\u2019s something we just don\u2019t have enough time to think about and I hope this work creates this space in time.\u201d Liverpool Echo<\/em>, September 2008<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThen we took a ten minute walk to the other side of the hill, to the Catholic Church<\/strong>. Again, this is modern, work started on it in 1962 and it was completed 5 years later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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View of the Anglican church from the steps of the Catholic church! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Hope Street connects the two churches, the street is named after William Hope<\/strong>, a merchant whose house stood on the site now occupied by the Philharmonic Hall, rounded building on the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Very modern art! <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Some beautiful architecture around the local streets, include this street art called \u2018A Case History<\/a>\u2018 created by artist John King, is a collection of static suitcases which pay tribute to those who have both passed through the city and stayed to make it their home.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAnd finally, Chinatown<\/strong>! Compared to London’s Chinatown this was very disappointing, we were expecting bars, shops, restaurants, half a mile long, chatter, smells and noise. Nothing! A few closed restaurants, and a Freemason’s lodge, and that was it…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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David’s thinking of joining!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210805_151829-2-1024x501.jpg\")
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- Area:<\/strong> 9,687.4 sq. m (104,275 sq. ft)<\/li>