Bellahouston Park

Bellahouston Park, Pairc Bhaile Gaelic Uisdean, is a 71 -acre public park in the south of Glasgow. In its center lies Ibrox Hill, a hill that offers an impressive view over the city. The plant has only existed since the late 19th century, the area was previously used for agriculture. There was also a riding school here. The city of Glasgow acquired the site in 1895 and opened in 1896, the park, which has been extended from 1901 to 1903. Over the next decades the park has been structurally integrated into the city. Bellahouston Park served several times as an exhibition park and venue for major events, so for the Empire Exhibition (Glasgow 1938). Pope John Paul II read here in 1982 during his visit to the UK a fair field. Billy Graham also preached here. The planned as a permanent landmark observation tower of the exhibition of 1938, the Tait Tower was dismantled before the outbreak of World War II

In Bellahouston Park is also planned for the turn of the century House for an Art Lover, a work by the famous Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the only many decades, however, was erected after his death.