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So where would you say the Albert Memorial is located?

2006-09-05 11:11:44 · 5 answers · asked by Dazza 3 in Travel United Kingdom London

Kensington Gardens is a park:

http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/parks/kensington_gardens/

2006-09-05 11:20:37 · update #1

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Kensington Gardens is separated from Hyde Park by West Carriage Drive,the public road which runs north/south.
The Albert Memorial is in Kensington Gardens

2006-09-05 11:24:54 · answer #1 · answered by Philip W 7 · 0 0

kensington gardens is a road name not a park and the Albert memorial is in Hyde park

2006-09-05 11:16:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Prince Albert - Queen Victoria's husband - died of typhoid fever at the age of 42. Soon after his death it was determined that a national memorial be created to recognise the British public's deep sense of loss.

Influenced by the series of 13th Century 'Eleanor Crosses' (Charing Cross perhaps being the most famous) and other statues in Edinburgh and Manchester, the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens is one of the grandest high-Victorian gothic extravaganzas anywhere.

Officially titled the 'Prince Consort National Memorial', it celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and interests. Marble figures representing Europe, Asia, Africa and America stand at each corner of the memorial, and higher up are further figures representing manufacture, commerce, agriculture and engineering. Yet further up, near the top, are gilded bronze statues of the angels and virtues.

All around the base of the memorial the Parnassus frieze depicts celebrated painters, poets sculptors, musicians and architects, reflecting Albert's enthusiasm for the arts. There are 187 exqusitely carved figures in the frieze, and the tour gives you exclusive access inside the memorial railings, so you can appreciate the craftsmanship up close.

2006-09-05 11:16:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

Ask Austin Powers.

2006-09-05 11:13:56 · answer #4 · answered by Alicat 6 · 1 0

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2006-09-05 11:42:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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