The authentic Walled City Experience awaits visitors to Derry. The city has a rich and varied cultural heritage and the City Walls are home to a number of museums, galleries and theatres, as well as thriving musical and literary scenes.
Step back in time and relive the city’s past on a historic Walled City Guided Walking Tour, Bus Tour or Taxi Tour, where you’ll discover a wealth of history, including the unexpected landing of Amelia Earhart on her historic solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932.
The impressively overwhelming Tower Museum tells the story of Derry’s history, from its geological formation millions of years ago, right up to the present day, covering everything from the Plantation, through to the Siege of Derry and the city’s troubled political past. The museum also houses the Armada Shipwreck exhibition which deals with the recovery of La Trinidad Valencera which was shipwrecked off the coast of Donegal in 1588.
The Museum of Free Derry in the Bogside encapsulates the city's living history of the Troubles and the Story of Bloody Sunday.
Derry’s mighty City Walls may never have been breached, but throughout the years many of the city’s ancient buildings were destroyed by the many sieges on them. The Walls celebrated their 400th anniversary in 2013 and have been listed as one of the 'World's 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die (UNESCO)'.
The Apprentice Boy’s Memorial Hall is where the Siege of Derry celebrations take place each year and it is well worth a visit.
One building that amazingly survived the Siege of Derry is the magnificent St Columb’s Cathedral. Built in 1633, the cathedral is the city’s most historic building and is filled with centuries of relics and artefacts.
Another must-see is the magnificent neo-Gothic Guildhall, complete with one of the largest and most striking collections of stained glass windows in Ireland, the Guildhall reopened in 2013 to the public after a major £9.5million restoration.
Equally as impressive are the wall Murals that dominate the skyline of the Bogside, The Fountain as well as the Waterside area of the city. The murals are a poignant reminder of key events in Derry’s more recent history and are symbolic of the different communities depictions of life throughout 'The Troubles'.
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