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A minor port city in the North West of [[England]] until it was awarded a [[City Charter]] by King John in 1208. However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that Liverpool developed into a major global city. This prominence was based largely on trade, including [[tobacco]], [[sugar]] and a major involvement in the [[slave trade]]. Although the slave trade was abolished in 1806, Liverpool continued to flourish as an industrial trade and financial industries center. Liverpool has the largest number of listed buildings outside of [[London]], more notable Georgian buildings than [[Bath]] and more public sculpture outside the City of [[Westminster]]. The Liverpool waterfront is a [[UNESCO]] world heritage site.

A minor port city in the North West of [[England]] until it was awarded a [[City Charter]] by King John in 1208. However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that Liverpool developed into a major global city. This prominence was based largely on trade, including [[tobacco]], [[sugar]] and a major involvement in the [[Slave Trade]]. Although the slave trade was abolished in 1806, Liverpool continued to flourish as an industrial trade and financial industries center. Liverpool has the largest number of listed buildings outside of [[London]], more notable Georgian buildings than [[Bath]] and more public sculpture outside the City of [[Westminster]]. The Liverpool waterfront is a [[UNESCO]] world heritage site.

Liverpool is noted for its two cathedrals, one [[Anglican]] and one [[Roman Catholic]].  The former, a traditional design from the early 1900s is built from local sandstone.  The Catholic cathedral built in a modern style during the 1970s is affectionately known as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel - a pun on the pioneering Mersey Tunnel constructed under the river between Liverpool and Birkenhead.

Liverpool is noted for its two cathedrals, one [[Anglican]] and one [[Roman Catholic]].  The former, a traditional design from the early 1900s is built from local sandstone.  The Catholic cathedral built in a modern style during the 1970s is affectionately known as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel - a pun on the pioneering Mersey Tunnel constructed under the river between Liverpool and Birkenhead.