Editing Derry (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:St Eugene's Cathedral, August 2009.JPG|right|thumb|St Eugene's Cathedral]]
[[File:Bishop Street Courthouse, Derry - Londonderry - geograph.org.uk - 174216.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bishop Street Courthouse]]]]
[[File:Long Tower Church, August 2009.JPG|right|thumb|Long Tower Church]]
[[File:Guildhall,Derry.jpg|thumb|[[Derry Guildhall]]]]
Derry is renowned for its architecture. This can be primarily ascribed to the formal planning of the historic walled city of Derry at the core of the modern city. This is centred on the Diamond with a collection of late [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]], [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian]] buildings maintaining the gridlines of the main thoroughfares (Shipquay Street, Ferryquay Street, Butcher Street and Bishop Street) to the City Gates. [[St Columb's Cathedral]] does not follow the grid pattern reinforcing its civic status. This [[Church of Ireland]] Cathedral was the first post-[[English Reformation|Reformation]] Cathedral built for an [[Anglican]] church. The construction of the [[Roman Catholic]] [[St Eugene's Cathedral]] in the Bogside in the 19th century was another major architectural addition to the city. The Townscape Heritage Initiative has funded restoration works to key listed buildings and other older structures.

In the three centuries since their construction, the [[Derry city walls|city walls]] have been adapted to meet the needs of a changing city. The best example of this adaptation is the insertion of three additional gates&nbsp;– Castle Gate, New Gate and Magazine Gate&nbsp;– into the walls in the course of the 19th century. Today, the fortifications form a continuous promenade around the city centre, complete with cannon, avenues of mature trees and views across Derry. Historic buildings within the city walls include St Augustine's Church, which sits on the city walls close to the site of the original monastic settlement; the copper-domed Austin's department store, which claims to be the oldest such store in the world; and the imposing Greek Revival [[Bishop Street Courthouse|Courthouse on Bishop Street]]. The red-brick late-Victorian [[Guildhall, Derry|Guildhall]], also crowned by a copper dome, stands just beyond Shipquay Gate and close to the riverfront.

There are many museums and sites of interest in and around the city, including the Foyle Valley Railway Centre, the [[Amelia Earhart]] Centre And Wildlife Sanctuary, the [[Apprentice Boys of Derry|Apprentice Boys]] Memorial Hall, [[Ballyoan Cemetery]], The Bogside, numerous [[Murals#Politics|murals]] by the [[Bogside Artists]], Derry Craft Village, [[Free Derry Corner]], O'Doherty Tower (now home to part of the [[Tower Museum]]), the Harbour Museum, the [[Museum of Free Derry]], Chapter House Museum, the Workhouse Museum, the [[Nerve Centre]], [[St. Columb's Park]] and Leisure Centre, [[Creggan Country Park]], [[Brooke Park]], [[The Millennium Forum]], the [[Void Gallery]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.derryvoid.com/ |title=Homepage |work=Void Derry &#124; Contemporary Art Derry}}</ref> and the [[Foyle Bridge|Foyle]] and [[Craigavon Bridge|Craigavon]] bridges.

Attractions include museums, a vibrant shopping centre and trips to the [[Giant's Causeway]], which is approximately {{convert|50|mi|km|-1|abbr=off}} away, though poorly connected by public transport. [[Lonely Planet]] called Derry the fourth best city in the world to see in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-20039650 |title=Londonderry 'world's fourth best city to visit' in 2013 |publisher=BBC News |date=23 October 2012 |access-date=28 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025204231/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-20039650 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 25 June 2011, the [[Peace Bridge (Foyle)|Peace Bridge]] opened. It is a cycle and footbridge that begins from the Guild Hall in the city centre of Derry City to Ebrington Square and St Columb's Park on the far side of the River Foyle. It was funded jointly by the Department for Social Development (NI), the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government along with matching funding, totalling £14 million, from the [[Special EU Programmes Body|SEUPB]] Peace III programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/peacebridge/Peace-Bridge |title=Peace Bridge |work=DerryCity.gov |publisher=[[Derry City Council]] |access-date=18 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927151353/http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/peacebridge/Peace-Bridge |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Future projects include the Walled City Signature Project, which intends to ensure that the city's walls become a world-class tourist experience.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nitb.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=809 |title=Walled City of Derry&nbsp;– Signature Project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202030606/http://www.nitb.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=809 |archive-date=2 February 2008}} The Industry Website of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Retrieved 10 September 2006.</ref>
[[File:Peace bridge Derry 2012.jpg|thumb|222x222px|[[Peace Bridge (Foyle)|Peace Bridge]] in Derry]]