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The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.It has a seating capacity of 5,272. [1]Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage.
The memorial statue of Albert, by John Henry Foley and Thomas Brock Audio description of the memorial by Joely Richardson. When Prince Albert died on 14 December 1861, at the age of 42, the thoughts of those in government and public life turned to the form and shape of a suitable memorial, with several possibilities, such as establishing a university or international scholarships, being mentioned.
The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. [3] It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert .
The life-sized bronze artworks, commemorating the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh’s dedication to the Royal Albert Hall, were erected as part of the building’s 150th anniversary.
King Albert Hall is a 64-unit student residence hall at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The four-story brick building includes studio apartments with kitchens, a student coffee shop, and laundry facilities.
Albert (left) with his elder brother, Ernest, and mother, Louise, shortly before her exile from court Prince Albert was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. [2]
King Charles III and the Queen Consort listen to Speaker of the House of Lords Lord McFall of Alcluith at Westminster Hall (Ben Stansall/PA) It measures 240ft (73.2m) long, 68ft (20.7m) wide and ...
There is a central axis between the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens to the north and the central portal of the south façade of the Natural History Museum. The Royal Albert Hall, Royal College of Music, the former tower of the otherwise-demolished Imperial Institute (now the Queen's Tower of Imperial College London) and the 1950s rear ...