now that the “troubles” are (mostly) over, the Belfast murals are mainly a tourist attraction, visited by bus and taxi tours.
There are many modern political references, however, and even paintings by non-Irish underground organisations such as the ETA…
The Month of Photography extends today to other European capitals. This first event organised with Berlin and Vienna precedes a great European Month which will join together in 2006, Bratislava, Moscow and Rome. For this first edition supported by the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union, each city organizes in November its own program. Adopting a common communication, ... more ...
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December 28th, 2010 at 12:20 am
An interesting photograph and thanks for this. I think there are about 12 different tours you can take to see these murals. A lot of the murals are starting to disappear because the Government have a social fund from the EU to encourage locals to tidy up their areas and make them more friendly. I don’t think they will all disappear but I have already noticed quite a few painted over or changed to more neutral style of murals.