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The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 as the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace ; it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed, central projection of the palace containing the well-known balcony. [ 1 ]
The arch was originally designed as a triumphal arch to stand at the entrance to Buckingham Palace. It was moved when the east wing of the palace designed by Edward Blore was built, at the request of Queen Victoria whose growing family required additional domestic space. Marble Arch became the entrance to Hyde Park and the Great Exhibition.
In 1571, the Tyburn Tree was erected near the junction of today's Edgware Road, Bayswater Road and Oxford Street, 200 m west of Marble Arch. The "Tree" or "Triple Tree" was a form of gallows, consisting of a horizontal wooden triangle supported by three legs (an arrangement known as a "three-legged mare" or "three-legged stool"). Multiple ...
Buckingham Palace c. 1837, showing Marble Arch at left, a ceremonial entrance. It was moved next to Hyde Park to make way for the new east wing in 1847. Buckingham Palace became the principal royal residence in 1837, on the accession of Queen Victoria, [ 28 ] who was the first monarch to reside there. [ 29 ]
Sir Aston Webb was put in charge of this project; he built the Arch so economically that enough money was left over to re-front the entirety of Buckingham Palace, a job that was completed in 13 weeks due to the pre-fabrication of the new stonework. [citation needed] The initial preparatory stage was to re-route the road and modify The Mall.
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The hill was located in the north-east corner of Hyde Park, close to Marble Arch, at the western end of London's Oxford Street. The 25-metre (82 ft) high hill [ 2 ] was built from scaffolding covered with sedum turf and a number of trees, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] with 130 steps up [ 5 ] (or a lift) [ 6 ] to a viewing platform at the top and an events space ...
The King's Gallery, previously known as the Queen's Gallery, [1] is a public art gallery at Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the British monarch, in London.First opened to the public in the reign of Elizabeth II in 1962, it exhibits works of art from the Royal Collection on a rotating basis.