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Truro, a cathedral city, is the busy commercial and administrative centre of the county and the main shopping centre of West Cornwall. The intricate walls and Gothic spires of Truro's Victorian cathedral soar triumphantly above the rest of the city's low-rise surroundings. This is an inspiring landmark building that, in the vigour and scale of its features, seems to mirror the natural architecture of the great sea cliffs of West Cornwall.
During the late 18th century Truro was celebrated for its splendid architecture and today the city's famous Lemon Street, lined with handsome symmetrical buildings in glowing Bath stone, is still considered to be one of the finest examples of a surviving Georgian street in England At the heart of Truro is the Royal Cornwall Museum and Galleries that contains informative and entertaining collections on the history of the region's social and cultural life. West Cornwall's cathedral city offers a huge variety of shops of all kinds, as well as the Hall For Cornwall's major entertainment venue, rewarding restaurants and traditional pubs.
Even Truro is intrinsically connected with the sea, where the Truro River brings tidal waters to the city's harbour enabling ferries to link the city with Falmouth. The river runs south from Truro to join the Tresillian River and the River Fal as they flow between wooded peninsulas to swell the broad waters of the Falmouth Estuary.