Metropolitan Cathedral of St Andrew
Catholic cathedral on the Clyde with a modern Italian cloister garden around an ancient olive tree.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the Italian Cloister Garden beside St Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow follows the Italian families whose cafés and ice cream parlours became part of Scottish life, and the June of nineteen forty when Italy went to war with Britain. You'll hear about the riots, the arrests that took no account of a man's politics, and a liner bound for Canada. Stand by the olive tree at the centre of the garden, a gift from Tuscany.
This audio guide was created using AI.
Similar places
Café D'Jaconelli
Scots-Italian ice cream café with red leather booths, a jukebox and a 1950s interior.
The Hidden Gardens
Peace garden on old tram works land, with a Victorian chimney, wildflower meadow and carved poems.
Kelvingrove Park
Victorian riverside park of wooded slopes and lawns, home to an oak planted for women's suffrage.
University of Glasgow Cloisters
Rib-vaulted, columned Gothic undercroft beneath a grand hall, linking two collegiate quadrangles.
Mackintosh Queen's Cross
Only completed church by an art nouveau master, with a borrowed medieval tower and carved pulpit.
St Andrew's in the Square
Georgian classical church with a daring columned portico, now a home for traditional Scottish music.