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A minor port city in the North West of England, it was originally 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.