Belfast (Irish: Beal Feirste 'mouth of the sandbank ford') is the
capital city of Northern Ireland. The site of Belfast has been described
as 'not built on a perfect site' given that the original settlement was
located on low-lying land on the Co. Antrim side of the River Lagan. It
was during the Victorian period that wealthy business owners moved out
of the old town and built grand villas on the hills surrounding the
city.There are views of big houses, grand public buildings and churches,
schools, public transport including trams, trolleybuses and steam
trains, factories and suburbia. Many of these scenes are remarkably
unchanged and much of the character of the bustling industrial city
remains, while many locations have been swept away and are
unrecognisable following recent redevelopments.