1. NORTHERN IRELAND – Places of interest Kateřina Horská

2. Outline Giant´s Causeway Belfast Castles Other places to see

3. Giant´s Causeway

4. General information Area of basalt(čedič) columns Resulting from volcanic eruptions Sutuation: County Antrim Protected by UNESCO

5. Legend Giant Fionn Mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish enemy Benandonner He fell asleep before he got to Scotland. When he didn't arrive, the much larger Benandonner crossed the bridge looking for him.Wife of Finn wanted to protect her husband so she laid a blanket over him. Then she said Benandoner he was actually Finn's baby When Benandonner saw the size of the 'infant', he realized how big his father Finn had to be and fled home in terror, destroying the Causeway in case he was followed by Finn.

6. Pictures Giant Causeway Organ

7. Belfast Victorian architecture

8. Queen´s University of Belfast Victorian style 1849

9. Dry dock Largest in the world

10. Windsor House The highest skyscraper in Ireland 23 floors

11. Belfast City Hall Belfast Castle Albert Clock

12. Castles

13. Dunluce castle – Antrim coast Carrickfergus Castle Kirkistown CastleMonea castle

14. Other places to see

15. Mussenden Temple built in 1785 the erosion has brought Mussenden Temple closer to the edge

16. Lough Neagh the largest lake in the United Kingdom

17. Murlough National Nature Reserve Sand dune system location at the edge of Dundrum Bay and the Mourne Mountains

18. Beaghmore Stone Circles a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic stones

19. Boa Island One of several islands in Loch Erne Famous for its statues A pagan stone statue called Janus from the 4th or 5th century (double-sided)

20. Thank you for your attention!!! The End