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Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster.It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly.In this context, a circus, from the Latin word meaning "circle", is a round open space at a street junction.
Piccadilly (/ ˌ p ɪ k ə ˈ d ɪ l i / ⓘ) is a road in the City of Westminster, London, England, to the south of Mayfair, between Hyde Park Corner in the west and Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is part of the A4 road that connects central London to Hammersmith , Earl's Court , Heathrow Airport and the M4 motorway westward.
Anteros is the subject of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus, London, where he symbolises the selfless philanthropic love of the Earl of Shaftesbury for the poor. The memorial is sometimes given the name The Angel of Christian Charity and is popularly mistaken for Eros.
[13] [14] It was returned to Piccadilly Circus on 29 June 1947. [15] The statue was again removed in the 1980s – this time for restoration – and resited upon its return in February 1985. During the restoration a set of plaster casts was unearthed in the basements of the Victoria and Albert Museum which revealed damage to the statue. [16]
There have been many famous modern circuses since the first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London on January 9, 1768. Many are best known by the name of their principal owner. The following is a list of both circuses and their country of origin.
What is the origin or meaning why the word "Circus was" added that it was named Piccadilly Circus? Was there perhaps, and excuse me if I might sound stupid, a long time ago when the name originated because there was a real circus there?
Here's another folk etymology I just invented: it is derived from "peccadillo", meaning "little sin". You fill in the blanks. ;) Maikel 19:23, 6 July 2008 (UTC) Piccadilly Circus, on the other hand... Until the internet, mobile phones and places to advertise came along, the 'Dilly' was a significant place on the male prostitute scene.
Piccadilly, a community in Central Frontenac, Ontario; Piccadilly, a village in the local service district of Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador; England. Piccadilly, Manchester, a street in Manchester city centre Piccadilly Gardens, a green space on Piccadilly, Manchester; Piccadilly (ward), an electoral ward of Manchester