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            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-paragraphe-travel-1 field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast is referred to as "Beal Feirste" in Irish. "Beal" signifies "mouth," and "Feirste" signifies "</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">sandbank<span style="color:black"> ford," thus the "mouth of the sea bank ford" is a translation. This would be in reference to a founding of the capital city, Belfast, where the first community was established on the marshy ford, the place where the River Lagan and the River Farset meet. And that is where main street of Belfast and Victoria Street meet today.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-paragraphe-travel-2 field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">In 1941, </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">during World<span style="color:black"> War 2, the Nazis launched bombs on Belfast, killing around 1,000 people. On April 15, 1941, 200 bombers from </span>Germany<span style="color:black"> bombed the ill prepared city, displacing nearly 100,000 inhabitants.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Around the twentieth<span style="color:black"> century, Belfast used to be bigger compared to Dublin and was the largest city in Ireland. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-paragraphe-travel-3 field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">The world’s largest free-standing cranes, the Samson and Goliath cranes are the iconic of Belfast. The Samson </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">crane<span style="color:black"> was completed in 1974 and has </span>a<span style="color:black"> height of 106 meters whereas the Goliath crane which has the height of 96 meters was finished in 1969.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Signing of Good Friday Agreement in Belfast on April 10, 1998. This agreement is also known as </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast Agreement. With the support </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">of the US<span style="color:black"> government and EU, three-decade long violence was ended through this agreement </span>between the Irish<span style="color:black"> and British </span>governments<span style="color:black">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast is classified as both a city and a town. In the </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">seventeenth<span style="color:black"> century, Belfast was classified as a town and its subsequent expansion resulted </span>in its<span style="color:black"> recognition as a city.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast was where the Titanic was constructed. The world-famous RMC titanic was constructed in East Belfast by Harland and Wolf shipyard, one of the biggest shipyards in the world. It took 2years and 2month for the shipyard to construct the ship. Before sinking, </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">the Titanic sailed<span style="color:black"> from </span>Southampton, England<span style="color:black"> on April 14, 1912.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast was once known as “Linenopolis</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">'' because<span style="color:black"> the city was a center for </span>Ireland's<span style="color:black"> linen industry. It was the world’s greatest linen manufacturer </span>during the nineteenth<span style="color:black"> century and had a major role in the industrial revolution.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-paragraphe-travel-1 field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast is referred to as "Beal Feirste" in Irish. "Beal" signifies "mouth," and "Feirste" signifies "</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">sandbank<span style="color:black"> ford," thus the "mouth of the sea bank ford" is a translation. This would be in reference to a founding of the capital city, Belfast, where the first community was established on the marshy ford, the place where the River Lagan and the River Farset meet. And that is where main street of Belfast and Victoria Street meet today.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-paragraphe-travel-2 field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">In 1941, </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">during World<span style="color:black"> War 2, the Nazis launched bombs on Belfast, killing around 1,000 people. On April 15, 1941, 200 bombers from </span>Germany<span style="color:black"> bombed the ill prepared city, displacing nearly 100,000 inhabitants.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Around the twentieth<span style="color:black"> century, Belfast used to be bigger compared to Dublin and was the largest city in Ireland. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-paragraphe-travel-3 field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">The world’s largest free-standing cranes, the Samson and Goliath cranes are the iconic of Belfast. The Samson </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">crane<span style="color:black"> was completed in 1974 and has </span>a<span style="color:black"> height of 106 meters whereas the Goliath crane which has the height of 96 meters was finished in 1969.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Signing of Good Friday Agreement in Belfast on April 10, 1998. This agreement is also known as </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast Agreement. With the support </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">of the US<span style="color:black"> government and EU, three-decade long violence was ended through this agreement </span>between the Irish<span style="color:black"> and British </span>governments<span style="color:black">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast is classified as both a city and a town. In the </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">seventeenth<span style="color:black"> century, Belfast was classified as a town and its subsequent expansion resulted </span>in its<span style="color:black"> recognition as a city.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast was where the Titanic was constructed. The world-famous RMC titanic was constructed in East Belfast by Harland and Wolf shipyard, one of the biggest shipyards in the world. It took 2years and 2month for the shipyard to construct the ship. Before sinking, </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">the Titanic sailed<span style="color:black"> from </span>Southampton, England<span style="color:black"> on April 14, 1912.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Libre Franklin&quot;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black">Belfast was once known as “Linenopolis</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">'' because<span style="color:black"> the city was a center for </span>Ireland's<span style="color:black"> linen industry. It was the world’s greatest linen manufacturer </span>during the nineteenth<span style="color:black"> century and had a major role in the industrial revolution.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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