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The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe. [1] The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions .
The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London. It is in an area once devastated by World War II bombings and densely populated by financial institutions, 1.4 miles (2.2 km) north east of Charing Cross . [ 1 ]
The Barbican Conservatory is the second largest conservatory in London, [2] after the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew Gardens. [3] Located at the Barbican Centre , [ 2 ] it houses more than 2,000 species of plants and trees, as well as terrapins and koi carp . [ 4 ]
The most extensive part of the network to be completed was in the Barbican Estate and surrounding streets; the main entrance to the Museum of London is, to this day, at first-floor level. Other significant stretches of the Pedway network were built in Lower Thames Street, Cannon Street and around the former Stock Exchange building .
Smithfield from the "woodcut" map of c. 1561, illustrating its proximity with open fields to the west, and cattle pens by the City. In the Middle Ages, it was a broad grassy area known as Smooth Field, located beyond London Wall stretching to the eastern bank of the River Fleet.
Barbican is a London Underground station situated near the Barbican Estate, on the edge of the ward of Farringdon Within, in the City of London in Central London. It has been known by various names since its opening in 1865, mostly in reference to the neighbouring ward of Aldersgate .
St Giles-without-Cripplegate is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on Fore Street within the modern Barbican complex. [1] When built it stood without (that is, outside) the city wall, near the Cripplegate. [2] The church is dedicated to St Giles, patron saint of handicapped and infirm people of many different kinds.
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