THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
EIRE.

Location: States and capitals.

The national emblems for the different states.

Cultural information: Places, monuments or special details.

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LOCATION: STATES AND CAPITALS

ENGLAND (Capital: LONDON).

SCOTLAND (Capital: EDINBURGH).

WALES (Capital: CARDIFF).

NORTHERN IRELAND (Capital: BELFAST).

EIRE (Capital: DUBLIN).

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Together, these constitute the British Isles - which is a geographical term for a group of islands lying off the north-west coast of mainland Europe.

EIRE

Dublin

The Isle of Man

The Channel Islands

THE FOUR STATES OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom is made up of four states:SCOTLANDENGLANDNORTHERN IRELAND WALES

SCOTLAND

ENGLAND

NORTHERN IRELAND

WALES

EIRE

Flags of the different states and EIRE

THE HISTORY OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM'S FLAG

The emblems on the Union Flag are crosses from three patrons saint. The red cross over white of Saint George represents to England. The diagonally white cross over blue of Saint Andrew represents to Scotland.The diagonally red cross over white of Saint Patrick represents to Northern Ireland.

The final version of The Union Jack (UNITED KINGDOM'S FLAG) appears in 1.801.

Union Flag

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Union Jack

The prickly purple thistle was adopted as the Emblem of Scotland during the rein of Alexander III (1249 -1286). Legend has it that an Army of King Haakon of Norway, intent on conquering the Scots landed at the Coast of Largs at night to surprise the sleeping Scottish Clansmen. In order to move more stealthily under the cover of darkness the Norsemen removed their footwear.

As they drew near to the Scots it wasn't the only thing hiding under the cover of darkness. For one of Haakon's men unfortunately stood on one of these spiny little defenders and shrieked out in pain, alerting the Clansmen of the advancing Norsemen. Needless to say the Scots who won the day.

The Scottish Thistle, Emblem of
SCOTLAND.

The Scottish Thistle

The Floral Emblem of England,THE ROSE.

The national flower of England is the rose. The flower has been adopted as Englands emblem since the time of the Wars of the Roses - civil wars (1455-1485) between the royal house of Lancaster (whose emblem was a red rose) and the royal house of York (whose emblem was a white rose).

THE ROSE

The Floral Emblem of Wales, THE DAFFODIL.

The national flower of Wales is the daffodil, which is traditionally worn on St. Davids Day. The vegetable called leek is also considered to be a traditional emblem of Wales. There are many explanations of how the leek came to be adopted as the national emblem of Wales. One is that St David advised the Welsh, on the eve of battle with the Saxons, to wear leeks in their caps to distinguish friend from foe. As Shakespeare records in Henry V, the Welsh archers wore leeks at the battle of Agin court in 1415.

THE DAFFODIL

The Floral Emblem of Northern Ireland The Shamrock.

The national flower of Northern Ireland is the shamrock, a three-leaved plant similar to clover which is said to have been used by St. Patrick to illustrate the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

The Floral Emblem of Northern Ireland THE Shamrock.

RELIGIONS IN
THE UNITED KINGDOMProtestant Churches

Armagh ( Northern IRELAND)

Derry (IRELAND) St.Columbus

The weddings of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill and many other occasions have graced this spiritual centre. Built of Portland stone with a Dome that rises to 365 feet and with Great Paul, the largest bell in England, this has to be one of THE MUST SEE sights in London.

RELIGIONS IN
THE UNITED KINGDOMCatholic Churches

Catholic Church of Birmingham

Holy Name of Jesus (Manchester)

St. Anthonys Catholic Church in BELFAST

St. Joseph' s Paris church in SURREY

St Thomas of Canterbury, a church in the anglo-catholic tradition set in the centre of Brentwood, in the diocese of Chelmsford, Essex, England.

COMPARING THE MOST PRACTISING RELIGIONS IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM, EIRE AND SPAIN

COMPARING THE NOWADAYS RELIGIONS IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM EIRE AND SPAIN

RELIGIONS IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM

A visit to especial cities, places and details in...

The capital Edinburgh.

Ben Navis ( the highest mountain in the U.K.).

Highlands cattle (the breed of Scottish mountains).

The kilt and bagpipes (two symbols of Scottish identity).

Loch Ness (the mistery).

SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH

NELSON CASTLEPerched high on Calton Hill in the east end of the city centre, is the monument to Admiral Lord Nelson's victory, and death, at the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. The upturned telescope was designed by the architect Robert Burn, and was built between 1807 and 1815.

A visit to especial cities, places and details in...

ENGLANDBATH.- Founded by the Romans as a thermal spa, Bath became an important centre of the wool industry in the Middle Age

BRIGHTON.- This city is a popular tourist resort with numerous hotels, restaurants and entertainment facilities.

LIVERPOOL.- Its THE BEATLES city (PAUL, JOHN, RINGO and GEORGE), this group caused strong sensations in the sixtys decade.

MANCHESTER.- This city is famous by its football team: THE MANCHESTER UNITED.

OXFORD.- Its got one of the two most ancient universities in all over the world.

STONEHENGE.- Discover the secrets about the many myths, legends and .mysteries associated with this ancient monument.

ENGLAND

LONDON

BEEFEATER

BOBBY

DOUBLE DECKED RED BUS

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

LONDON EYE

TEN DOWNING STREET

ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL

PICADILLY CIRCUS

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

WEST END

CHANGE OF THE GUARD

A visit to especial cities, places and details in...

WALES

The capital Cardiff.

Harlech Castle (it was begun during King Edward I's second campaign in north Wales. It was part of an "iron ring" of castles surrounding the coastal fringes of Snowdonia, eventually stretching from Flint around to Aberystwyth)

Mount Snowdon (The highest mountain in Wales).

Severn Bridge (It was built in 1996 and it' s one of the longest in all over the world, 5.168 m.)

Sheep. (There are a lot of sheep in Wales. People says the welsh sheep are the best in the world.

WALES

Ode on the Severn Bridge: Two lands at last connected Across the water wide, And all the toll collected On the English side. Harri Webb.

If you cross the Severn Bridge from E to W you have to pay a toll. From W to E its FREE!!!!

CARDIFFSEVERN BRIDGEHARLECH CASTLE

THE WELSH SHEEP

MOUNT SNOWDON

CARDIFF BAY CARDIFF CITY

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

NORTHERN IRELANDNorthern Ireland is now officially considered to be Europe s safest, friendliest place to take a break.

GIANTS CAUSEWAYThis is a path of volcanic nature caused by the lava

BELFAST IS THE CAPITAL

NORTHERNIRELAND BELFASTCHURCH

BELFAST CLOCK

BELFAST CITY

BELFASTCITY HALL

IRELAND ( EIRE )

BLARNEY CASTLE, situated near Cork. The people there, is very funny. You have to visit the castle and kiss the famous Blarney Stone so you are as funny as the people of Cork.

BEER, Ireland is famous for its black and strong beer, exported for all over the world.

DANCING, Ireland is famous too by its traditional dancings and music.

IRELAND ( EIRE )CAPITAL : DUBLIN

ST.PATRICK CHURCH

DUBLIN CASTLE

DUBLIN TOWN HALL

THE CITY

CITY VIEW

DUBLIN

its worth to know and visit THE GREAT BRITAIN AND EIRE

RELIGIONS IN EUROPERELIGIONSPRACTICIANTS (%) U. K EIRE SPAIN

Atheist1842

Pseudo Atheist523

Agnostic17818

Deism191532

New Age141

Heterodox221718

Catholic44624

Protestant1221

Orthodox111

Others111

U.K.

Heterodox22

Deism19

Atheist18

Agnostic17

Protestant12

Pseudo Atheist5

Catholic4

New Age1

Orthodox1

Others1

UNITED KINGDOMIRELANDSPAINATHEISM1842AGNOSTIC17818DEISM191532HETERODOX221718CATHOLIC44624PROTESTANT1221TOTAL %929295

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