Bellahouston Park
Bellahouston Park , in Gaelic Pàirc Bhaile Ùisdean, is a 71 hectare public park in the south of Glasgow . At its center is Ibrox Hill, a hill that offers an impressive view of the city. The complex has only existed since the late 19th century, before the area was used for agriculture. There was also a riding school here. The city of Glasgow acquired the site in 1895 and opened the park in 1896, which was expanded from 1901 to 1903. Over the next few decades, the park was structurally integrated into the urban area. Bellahouston Park served several times as an exhibition park and meeting place for major events, such as the Empire Exhibition (Glasgow 1938) . Pope John Paul II read a field mass here in 1982 during his visit to Great Britain. Even Billy Graham preached here. The lookout tower of the 1938 exhibition, the Tait Tower , was planned as a permanent landmark and was dismantled before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Bellahouston Park also houses the House for an Art Lover , a work by the famous Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh , which was planned for the turn of the century , but was not built until many decades after his death.
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of September 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 43.3 " N , 4 ° 19 ′ 1.7" W.