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Guildhall crypt. During the Roman period, the Guildhall was the site of the London Roman Amphitheatre, rediscovered as recently as 1988.It was the largest in Roman Britain, partial remains of which are on public display in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery, and the outline of whose arena is marked with a black circle on the paving of the courtyard in front of the hall.
The Guildhall Art Gallery houses the art collection of the City of London, England.The museum is located in the Moorgate area of the City of London. It is a stone building in a semi-Gothic style intended to be sympathetic to the historic Guildhall, which is adjacent and to which it is connected internally.
The name "Gogmagog" is commonly derived from the biblical characters Gog and Magog; [1] however, Peter Roberts, author of an 1811 English translation of the Welsh chronicle Brut Tysilio (itself a translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae), argued that it was a corruption of Cawr-Madog (' the giant or great warrior Madog '), supported by Ponticus Virunnius' spelling of the ...
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The guildhall contains a number of paintings by George Bouchier Richardson (1822–1877) of local scenes, including the Entrance to the Side, the Pandon Gate, the old Tyne Bridge, the old Maison de Dieu and the old Exchange. [12] The building has housed the Newcastle branch of the Hard Rock Cafe since the summer of 2021. [13]
More images: Dick Whittington and His Cat: Guildhall Art Gallery: 1999: Lawrence Tindall: Richard Gilbert Scott: Architectural sculpture — [26] More images: Bust of Samuel Pepys: Guildhall Art Gallery: 1999: Tim Crawley: Richard Gilbert Scott: Architectural sculpture — [26] More images: Bust of Oliver Cromwell: Guildhall Art Gallery: 1999 ...
In the centre is a cenotaph surmounted with an urn and decorated on the sides with relief carvings of wartime scenes. The Duke of Connaught unveiled the memorial on 19 October 1921, before its completion. Guildhall Square was redeveloped in the 1970s and the memorial was adjusted slightly and another wall was created adjacent to the site.
The formal entrance to Guildhall Yard included a gatehouse built in the 13th century, sited directly over the southern entrance to the Roman amphitheatre. The church of St Lawrence Jewry, on the south side of Guildhall Yard, is built on an irregular alignment which may have been intended to shadow the elliptical form of the amphitheatre. [2]