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Marea sală de concerte realizată după modelul amfiteatrelor romane, construită în anul 1871 are o capacitate de 9000 de locuri sub cupola de sticlă şi fier

The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences, usually just called the Royal Albert Hall, is a very big building (as many as 9,000 people used to get in), in the City of Westminster, opened in 1871 by Queen Victoria and was called after her husband Albert, Prince Consort who had died ten years earlier.

Royal Albert Hall a fost proiectată de inginerul Francis Fowke

În anul 1877 Wagner a dirijat aici Concertele Festivalului Wagnerian

There is a very large glass and wrought-iron dome. It is 41m high. The building was designed by engineer and architect Francis Fowke, a captain in the Royal Engineers. Round the outside, a little lower than the roof, there is a big mosaic frieze with pictures of "The Triumph of Arts and Sciences" and some writing in terracotta letters. It also has some words from the Bible. When Queen Victoria opened the building she was so emotional that she could not speak.

Numele construcţiei a fost Sala Artelor şi Ştiinţelor dar regina Victoria i-a schimbat denumirea în memoria soţului ei

Realizată din cărămidă roşie are în partea superioară o friză care simbolizează triumful artelor şi ştiinţei

The hall has been used for lots of important events ever since 1871. Many of the seats are still owned by members of a Corporation which was called “the Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences”. This group had been formed in 1866 as a charity to get money to build the hall. Its members still have a right to occupy 1,300 of the 5,200 seats.

Iar în geamuri se oglindeşte Albert Memorial

Lângă Royal Albert Hall a fost ridicată în 1858 statuia Prinţului Albert, lucrare realizată de Joseph Durham

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were married for 20 happy (by all accounts) years; the marriage produced nine children. Queen Victoria never fully recovered from her grief after the prince died of typhoid fever at age 42 in 1861. Victoria spent the remainder of her long reign in mourning. Royal Albert Hall and the Albert Memorial were built to honor the Prince Consort.

În afară de concertele de muzică clasică, Royal Albert Hall găzduieşte toate genurile de întâlniri cu public numeros, chiar şi gale de box

Royal Albert Hall is best known for being the home of "The Proms," a summertime series of concerts that are sponsored and broadcast by the BBC. This stunning Victorian version of a Roman amphitheatre also hosts regular acclaimed exhibitions and contains a selection of fine restaurants, cafes and bars.

Royal College of Music

The greatest of British composers such as Benjamin Britten and Vaughan Williams were past pupils at the Royal College of Music

Imperial College of Science and Technology The School of Fashion & Textiles at the Royal College of Art has close links with the nearby Victoria & Albert Museum and produces some of the best new fashion designers.

Construite în anul 1879 de Norman Shaw, The Albert Hall Mansions au lansat moda construcţiilor din cărămizi roşii

Designed by Norman Shaw, Albert Hall Mansions was one of the first purpose-built mansion blocks to be built in London.

Grifonul este emblema Cetăţii Londrei

The City of London adopted what are usually described as griffins as supporters for its coat of arms, and it marks its boundaries with statues of a single "griffin" carrying the City coat of arms at each road leading into the City of London. However, the City of London griffins are, in fact, heraldic dragons, with scaly bodies and wings, no feathers, and no eagle's beak.

Queen’s Way

îşi datorează numele reginei Victoria, care obişnuia să călărească aici când era prinţesă

Queensway (formerly Queen's Road) is a bustling cosmopolitan street in the Bayswater district of west London. It was named Queen's Road in honour of Queen Victoria, who had been born at nearby Kensington Palace.

În anul 1841 fostele domenii ale Palatului Kensington au devenit parc public. În anul 2000 s-a înfiinţat al treilea loc de joacă pentru copii, dedicat memoriei prinţesei Diana

Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park.

Conacul construit în 1605 numit Nottingham House, a fost transformat de Christopher Wren în reşedinţă regală pentru regele William III şi regina Mary, în anul 1689

Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century.

Jumătate din luxosul palat este utilizată ca apartamente regale, iar cealaltă este deschisă publicului

Se vizitează încăperi regale din secolele trecute, o expoziţie de costume din sec XVIII şi o colecţie de rochii ale prinţesei Diana

Today, the State Rooms are open to the public and managed by the independent charity Historic Royal Palaces; It was the official residence of Diana, Princess of Wales (from 1981 until her death in 1997)

În 1714 regina Ana a murit în palat în urma unui exces alimentar

The palace was featured in the BBC documentary series Tales from the Palaces and is now home to the Enchanted Palace exhibition.

Princes gardens

Princes gate

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