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Carlisle / Reino Unido

Carlisle es la capital del condado de Cumbria, Inglaterra. Según el censo de 2011, tenía 75 306 habitantes.[1]​ Constituye un importante centro turístico e industrial del noroeste del país. Su posición de nodo de comunicaciones ferroviarias le da una importancia estratégica adicional, al albergar rutas a Newcastle upon Tyne, Escocia, Londres o West Cumbria. Históricamente Carlisle, capital del condado de Cumberland, tuvo importancia como fortaleza militar debido a su posición en la frontera entre Inglaterra y Escocia. El castillo de Carlisle, actualmente intacto, fue construido en 1092 por el rey Guillermo II y en su momento sirvió como prisión para María Estuardo, reina de Escocia.

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Carlisle / Reino Unido

The Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Carlisle, Cumbria, in England. Opened by the Carlisle Corporation in 1893, the original building is a converted Jacobean mansion, with extensions added when it was converted. At first the building contained the museum and also a library, an art school and a technical school.The building, including the extensions, is a Grade I listed building, and the wall, gates and railings in front of the house are separately Grade I listed.The two schools were moved in the 1950s and the library in 1986. The museum expanded into the city Guildhall in 1980 and with new space available from 1986 it underwent an extensive redevelopment over 1989–90 and again in 2000–01. Since May 2011 the museum has been an independent charitable trust, the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust. It is one of the three members of the Cumbria Museum Consortium, along with Lakeland Arts and the Wordsworth Trust. In 2012–15 and 2015–18 this consortium was one of the 21 museums or consortia to be funded by Arts Council England as "Major Partner Museums".

University of Cumbria

Carlisle / Reino Unido

The University of Cumbria is a public university in Cumbria, with its headquarters in Carlisle and other major campuses in Lancaster, Ambleside, and London. It opened its doors in 2007, and has roots extending back to the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, established in 1822, and the teacher training college established by Charlotte Mason in the 1890s.

Carlisle Civic Centre

Carlisle / Reino Unido

Carlisle Civic Centre is a municipal building in the Rickergate, Carlisle, England.

Cumbria Archive Service

Carlisle / Reino Unido

Cumbria Archive Service serves the English county of Cumbria. Rather than having just one county record office, Cumbria County Council operates four local record offices, now known as archive centres, in Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Kendal and Whitehaven.

Carlisle Citadel

Carlisle / Reino Unido

Carlisle Citadel or The Citadel is a former medieval fortress on English Street in Carlisle, Cumbria. It comprises two towers, both of which are Grade I listed buildings: the Nisi Prius Courthouse and the former Crown Court.