 Monuments in London
As a city so steep in history, London has its fair share of monuments and memorials. Listed below are some of these which you can visit or perhaps come across while in London:
- Albert Memorial
Monument in
Kensington Gardens
, directly north of
Royal Albert Hall
.
- Cenotaph
Monument at Whitehall, erected to honour those who died in wars, whose remains lie elsewhere.
- Cleopatra's Needle
Obelisk at Victoria Embankment.
- Crimean War Memorial
Monument on Waterloo Place
- Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain
Monument on
Hyde Park
.
- Marble Arch
Arch near Speakers' Corner designed by John Nash in 1828.
- Monument to the Gurkha Soldier
Monument at the junction of Whitehall Court with Horse Guards Avenue.
- Monument to the Great Fire of London
Doric column in the City of London commemorating the fire that destroyed the medieval heart of London.
- Nelson's Column
Monument in Trafalgar Square commemorating the death of Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar.
- Royal Tank Regiment Memorial
Monument at the junction of Whitehall Place and Whitehall Court.
- Statue of the Duke of Devonshire
Statue at the junction of Whitehall with Horse Guards Avenue.
- Victoria Memorial
Memorial at the centre of Queen's Garden, in front of
Buckingham Palace
.
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