Leeds

/liːdz/

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a city in West Yorkshire, England. In the 16th century it began to be an important centre for the production of woollen cloth, and later became a centre of the Industrial Revolution. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal was opened in 1816. It remains an important industrial city. Its famous buildings include the Town Hall (1853-8), the City Art Gallery (1888) and Armley Mills, a museum of local industrial history. The Royal Armouries Museum opened there in 1996 and Thackray's Medical Museum in 1997. There are two universities in the city. The Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, open to professional piano players under 30, was started in 1963 and held in the city every three years.利兹（英格兰西约克郡城市。16 世纪开始成为重要的毛呢生产中心，随后成为工业革命的中心。利兹和利物浦运河于 1816 年开通。利兹如今仍是重要的工业城市。当地著名建筑包括建于 1853-58 年的市政厅、建于 1888 年的市美术馆、由阿姆利纺织厂改建的当地工业历史博物馆。市内有两所大学。三年一届的利兹国际钢琴比赛创办于 1963 年，参赛者为 30 岁以下的专业钢琴演奏者）