Tour Scotland photograph of the David Livingstone statue near Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. A splendid statue of David Livingstone, the famous medical missionary, leaning on a palm tree, below which is a set of discarded leg irons. On the plinth are pictorial reliefs of grateful natives. It was first erected in George Square, Glasgow. Born on March 19, 1813, in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, David Livingstone pursued training in medicine and missionary work before moving to Africa in 1841. He crossed the continent from east to west and would ultimately come across many bodies of water previously uncharted by Europeans, including the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls. He was a staunch abolitionist after witnessing the horrors of the African slave trade, and returned to the region twice after his initial voyage. He died on May 1, 1873, in Chief Chitambo's Village, near Lake Bangweulu, North Rhodesia, now Zambia.
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Which building is that behind the statue, please?
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