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Over 300 stadiums, statues, museums and towers, all over the world, will be going green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day next month. The greenest day of the year will always be St. Patrick's Day. Cities around the world celebrated the Irish holiday on Sunday by turning their most famous landmarks green. Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening initiative sees some of the world's most famous landmarks lit up green to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day worldwide. A RECORD-BREAKING 690 iconic landmarks and sites in 66 countries spread across the world have turned green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. It’s all part of Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening initiative designed to spread a message of hope and positivity to the 70+ million people around the world with links to the island of Ireland St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color green: green clothes, green shamrocks, green beer and green rivers. The greenest day of the year will always be St. Patrick's Day. Cities around the world celebrated the Irish holiday on Sunday by turning their most famous landmarks green. Global Greening initiative celebrates 10 years this St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick’s Day will see more than 400 global landmarks turn green this year as part of Tourism Ireland’s ‘Global St Patrick's: Stadia among buildings turning green St Patrick's: Stadia among buildings turning green. 17.03.2013 12:37 source: StadiumDB.com; author: michał. Over 70 buildings are officially listed by Tourism Ireland and expected to have green illumination tonight, celebrating Saint Patrick's Day. Three major stadiums are on that list. A number of familiar sights around the world were turned green for St. Patrick's Day. From Empire State Building turning orange, white and green to Sydney's Opera House, from Dublin castle to Dubai's Burj Al Arab hotel, from Leaning tower of Piza to Rome's Colosseum and Vienna's Burgtheater, take a look at these buildings turning green for St Patrick's Day. For the 10 th year in a row, iconic landmarks around the world will “go green” for St. Patrick’s Day. The annual Global Greening campaign is run by Tourism Ireland and has been since its 2010 inception, when just two landmarks were illuminated for the Irish national holiday. Today, Ireland takes over North America, and everyone is a little Irish. So, we wanted to add to the celebration by making a list of our favorite buildings going green for the occasion. We think these structures look stunning in green. Here are our favorite North American buildings turning green for St. Patrick's Day: San Francisco City Hall Famous buildings around the world to go green for St. Patrick’s Day 2015 (PHOTOS) The “Global Greening” gets major new monuments as Irish pride spreads worldwide. Jane Walsh Every March 17 th, iconic buildings, statues and other landmarks around the world are illuminated green to celebrate everybody’s favourite national holiday, St. Patrick’s Day. From Christ the Redeemer in Rio to the Empire State Building in New York, everybody’s Irish on St. Paddy’s Day. Landmarks around the world go green for St. Patrick's Day A number of well-known landmarks from around the world have been turned green today to mark St Patrick’s Day. Tourism Ireland’s Global Brace yourself for a spectacular list, there is going to be a whole lot of green this St Patrick’s day!! Note: first-time St Patrick’s day‘greenings’ marked * Great Britain • Cutty Sark, London * • London Eye • Tower 42, London • Nelson’s Column, London • Trafalgar Square fountains, London • Selfridges, London Here’s a host of buildings, ranging from museums and towers to statues and bridges, turning a shade of green to celebrate Ireland’s national day. The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich The green dye was first used to trace sewage leaks, as an attempt to clean up the waterway, the Deseret News previously reported. It was Mayor Richard J. Daley who later turned the practice into a St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Plumbers use an orange powder to turn the river into a vibrant emerald green. Ancient monuments, shiny new landmarks and iconic artworks have all taken part in the Global Greening in honour of Ireland and St Patrick. See how the world goes green to celebrate Ireland each year for St Patrick's Day.
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