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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1. Christ the Redeemer Statue, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2. The London Eye, London, United Kingdom
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3. The Welcome Sign, Las Vegas, USA
4. The Coliseum, Rome, Italy
5. The I Amsterdam Sign, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
6. Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand
7. Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris, France
8. Empire State Building, New York
9. El Ángel De La Independencia, Mexico City, Mexico
10. Porte De Bourgogne, Bordeaux, France
11. Prince’s Palace, Monaco
12. Manneken Pis Statue, Brussels, Belgium
(“Dressed” in Irish costume)
13. Hôtel De Ville (City Hall), Montreal, Canada
14. The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and SSE Hydro, Scotland
15. Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
16. National Sanctuary of Cristo Rei (Christ the King Statue), Lisbon, Portugal
17. The Duomo and Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy
18. The Archeological City, Petra, Jordan
19. Great Wall of China
20. Cibeles Fountain, Madrid, Spain
21. The Sphinx and Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt
22. Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, Disneyland, USA
23. Holmenkollen Ski Jump, Oslo, Norway
24. Porte Des Bombes, Floriana, Malta
25. The Opera House, Sydney, Australia
26. Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai, UAE
27. The Little Mermaid Statue, Copenhagen, Denmark
28. Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
29. The Gateway of India, Mumbai, India
30. The Disneyland CastLe, Shanghai, China
31. The Rhine Falls, near Zurich, Switzerland
32. Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
33. Matsue Castle, Japan
34. Equator Sign and Line, Uganda
35. 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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Emily: These all look so beautiful
Liz: Very cool
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