MANCHESTER
written by Giancarlo Fenaroli
Location:
Manchester is in the North West of England, fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the
north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation.
The local authority is
Manchester City Council.
It is famous for:
The city is famous for its buildings, culture, music , media links, scientific and engineering
factories, sports clubs and transport connections.
Manchester was the site of the world's first railway station and is where scientists first
split the atom, and developed the first stored-program computer. Manchester is also
regarded as the birthplace of women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, and both capitalism
and communism. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels began to write the Communist Manifesto at
Chetham Library, the oldest public library in the Englishspeaking world.
Things a visitor should not miss:
Manchester's museums celebrate Manchester's Roman history, and its role in the Industrial
Revolution, the textile industry, the Trade Union movement, women's suffrage and football.
The Museum of Science and Industry shows industrial machineries, aircrafts and a replica
of the world's first stored computer program. The Museum of Transport displays a
collection of historic buses and trams. There asre also other musuems like the Imperial War
Museum North. The Manchester Museum is famous for Egyptology and natural
history collections. Manchester Art Gallery is a permanent collection of European painting,
and has one of Britain's most significant collections of Pre-Raphaelite paintings.
In the south of the city, the Whitworth Art Gallery displays modern art, sculpture and
textiles. Other exhibition spaces and museums in Manchester include the Cornerhouse,
the Urbis centre, the Manchester Costume Gallery at Platt Fields Park, the People's History
Museum and the Manchester Jewish Museum..
Curiosity
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Manchester has got 32 neighborhoods but only one church.
It’s got two football teams: MANCHESTER UNITED AND MANCHESTER CITY.
The Manchester’s airport is the fourth in the United Kingdom.
Quiz
1. Where is Manchester?
2. Why is Manchester famous?
3. Did The Industrial Revolution take place in
Manchester?
4. Has Manchester got any football teams?
5. would you like to visit Manchester? Why/Why not?