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St. James’s Church

Dintre numeroasele biserici proiectate de Christopher Wren aceasta a fost lucrarea favorită. Distrusă pe jumătate de o bombă în 1940, îşi păstrează totuşi trăsăturile iniţiale din 1684

St James’s Church, Piccadilly is an Anglican church on Piccadilly in the centre of London; was designed and built by Sir Christopher Wren and was consecrated on 13 July 1684. The church was severely damaged by enemy action in 1940, during the Second World War

Unul dintre puţinele conace din secolul XVII care au supravieţuit în West End adăposteşte acum Academia Regală de Arte

Royal Academy of Arts a fost fondată în anul 1768 de Sir Joshua Reynolds

The Royal Academy of Arts was founded through a personal act of King George III on 10 December 1768 with a mission to promote the arts of design in Britain through education and exhibition.

Burlington House

Burlington House găzduieşte numeroase expoziţii de mare popularitate

Burlington House is most familiar to the general public as the venue for the Royal Academy's temporary art exhibitions.Colecţia permanentă include o lucrare din fiecare curent şi de la fiecare fost academician

Burlington House is a building on Piccadilly in London, originally a private Palladian mansion purchased by the British government.

Burlington Arcade

Burlington Arcade

Una dintre cele patru galeriil unde se vând articole de lux britanice

Ea a fost construită în 1819 pentru lordul Cavendish pentru a-i împiedeca pe trecători să arunce gunoaie în curtea acestuia

The Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London that runs behind Bond Street from Piccadilly through to Burlington Gardens.

It is one of the precursors of the mid-19th century European shopping gallery and the modern shopping centre. The arcade was built to the order of Lord George Cavendish, to prevent passers-by throwing oyster shells and other rubbish over the wall of his home.

 

Lordul Byron a locuit în apropiere, la Albany Court Yard

Many famous people, including the poet Lord Byron(1788-1824) have lived in this secluded court, which dates from the early 19th-century.

Piccadilly Arcade

Este una dintre cele patru galerii cu mici prăvălii unde se vând articole britanice de lux

The Piccadilly Arcade runs between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street.

It was opened in 1909, having been designed by Thrale Jell.

St. James’s Palace

a fost construit pentru Henric VIII la sfârşitul anului 1530, pe locul unui fost spital pentru leproşi

Portalul dinspre strada St. James este în stil Tudor

Pentru puţină vreme a fost reşedinţă regală principală

Although no sovereign has resided there for almost two centuries, it has remained the official residence of the Sovereign and the most senior royal palace in the UK. For this reason it gives its name to the Royal Court (the "Court of St James's“)

St. James’s Palace

St. James’s Parc

Wellington’s Monument

Aşezat în Hyde Park Corner, Wellington Arch a fost ridicat în anul 1828 după proiectul lui Decimus BurtonSculptura a fost realizată de Adrian Jones în 1912În sălile interioare se organizează expoziţii

Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch or (originally) the Green Park Arch, is a triumphal arch located to the south of Hyde Park in central London and at the north western corner of Green Park (although it is now isolated on a traffic island). The arch, and Marble Arch to the north of Hyde Park, were both planned in 1825 by George IV to commemorate Britain's victories in the Napoleonic Wars.

Eduard VII

♦ Richard Clayderman - The phantom of the opera

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