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The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage has partnered with Galway City Council to create Wonder Wander<\/em> walking trails.\u00a0 The Wonder Wander<\/em> walking trails have been developed in collaboration with the local communities.\u00a0 In addition to well-known public buildings, each trail shines a light on some of the lesser known architectural details and the stories that are associated with these unique places.<\/p>\n

The Wonder Wander<\/em> for the City Core begins at Spanish Arch and winds a path through centuries of architecture and history.\u00a0 It takes in the narrow laneways notorious for smuggling and illicit trade in the 1700s, local landmarks of nineteenth-century retail splendour, and twentieth-century temples of art, culture and entertainment.\u00a0 The trail ends in Flood Street where the eagle-eyed will spot a sea monster, one of the many examples in the city of medieval stonework reused in later buildings, an early form of architectural salvage for which Galway is particularly well known!<\/p>\n

Click on the cover below to download your free<\/strong> Wonder Wander<\/em> walking trail<\/p>\n

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The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage has partnered with Galway City Council to create Wonder Wander walking trails.\u00a0 The Wonder Wander walking trails have been developed in collaboration with the local communities.\u00a0 In addition to well-known public buildings, each trail shines a light on some of the lesser known architectural details and the stories that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60499,"parent":77,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"views\/template-place-to-visit.blade.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60518","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWonder Wander: Galway City Core - Buildings of Ireland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsofireland.ie\/ga\/places-to-visit\/galway\/wonder-wander-galway-city-core\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wonder Wander: Galway City Core - 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