St. Patrick’s Day is one of the few national holidays that is celebrated internationally. It seems everyone wants to claim even a tiny bit of Irish heritage on March 17th (my paternal grandfather was Irish – born in Belfast) and why not? St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are amazing and all-embracing and welcoming. But it’s not all about drinking green beer, parades, and listening to Irish music. Thanks to Tourism Ireland, there will be 300+ landmarks which include stadiums, statues, museums and towers, around the world will be going green for St. Patrick’s Day in 2019. Here’s some of the lineup in Global Greening:
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Christ the Redeemer Statue, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
The London Eye, London, United Kingdom
The Welcome Sign, Las Vegas, USA
The Coliseum, Rome, Italy
The I Amsterdam Sign, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand
Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris, France
Empire State Building, New York
El Ángel De La Independencia, Mexico City, Mexico
Porte De Bourgogne, Bordeaux, France
Prince’s Palace, Monaco
Manneken Pis Statue, Brussels, Belgium
(“Dressed” in Irish costume)
Hôtel De Ville (City Hall), Montreal, Canada
The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and SSE Hydro, Scotland
Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
National Sanctuary of Cristo Rei (Christ the King Statue), Lisbon, Portugal
The Duomo and Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy
The Archeological City, Petra, Jordan
Great Wall of China
Cibeles Fountain, Madrid, Spain
The Sphinx and Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt
Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, Disneyland, USA
Holmenkollen Ski Jump, Oslo, Norway
Porte Des Bombes, Floriana, Malta
The Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai, UAE
The Little Mermaid Statue, Copenhagen, Denmark
Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
The Gateway of India, Mumbai, India
The Disneyland CastLe, Shanghai, China
The Rhine Falls, near Zurich, Switzerland
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Matsue Castle, Japan
Equator Sign and Line, Uganda
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
The list of participating landmarks changes every year – new for this year include:
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
York’s Medieval City Walls, England
The Eden Project in england
A leopard statue called ‘Chiu’ in Nairobi, Kenya
Nation Towers in Abu Dhabi
The Château de Beaulieu on the banks of the Loire in France
The Atakule Tower in Ankara, Turkey
The Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA in Japan, where Ireland will play Japan in the Rugby World Cup in September.
I wonder which will make its mark in 2020?
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