Monuments by Malamatenia Panagiotou

Big Ben by Marina V.

2022-04-07 11:59:17 UTC

Big Ben is the name of the big bell that is inside the clock.Big Ben is located in London, it's the 3rd biggest clock in the world and if I could visit it,I would go there! It was built on 10th April in 1858 and until today have passed 164 years.

Tower Bridge by Antigone T. & Catherine P.

2022-04-10 08:33:23 UTC

Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel.[1] The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust founded in 1282. The bridge was constructed to give better access to the East End of London, which had expanded its commercial potential in the 19th century. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales in 1894.

Chysauster Ancient Village by Nikolas G.

2022-04-10 17:10:44 UTC

This well-preserved Iron Age settlement near the village of Gulval, about five miles from Penzance, offers ample evidence of what rural life was like about 2,000 years ago.A central "street" has houses with courtyards on both sides, with a design found only on the peninsula of Land's End and the Isles of Scilly. The houses are arranged around an open central courtyard with rooms that lead.The rooms would be thatched and there are indications for fresh water supply channels. The people who lived here were farmers who raised animals - probably pigs and goats - and raised cereals. The settlement was inhabited for about 100 years, including the Romano-British period. It is located near the fortress of the Iron Age Castle an Dinas.There is a peaceful atmosphere here and Chysauster is still surrounded by countryside.

Hyde park by Mariloo T.

2022-04-12 18:28:36 UTC

Hyde park is the biggest Royal park in London . The park was established by Henry VIII in 1536 when he took the land from Westminister Abbey and was first used as a hunting ground. It opened to the public in 1637 and quickly became popular. The park's name comes from the Manor of Hyde. It covers an area of around 340 acres of land. Hyde Park is free to enter between the hours of 5 a.m. and midnight every day, all-year round. Its is known for its magestic foliage , its history and its speaker's corner. A speakers corner is an area where public speaking is allowed , as well as debates and dicussions. Whoever visits london , i would recomend you visit this beautiful park and witness its fantastic scenery.

Hadrian's Wall by Konstantinos K. and Apostolos K.

2022-04-22 08:06:41 UTC

Hadrian's Wall, also known as the Roman Wall or Picts' Wallor, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the emperor Hadrian. Running "from Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west", the Wall covered the whole width of the island. In addition to the wall's defensive military role, its gates may have been customs posts.

A significant portion of the wall still stands and can be followed on foot along the adjoining Hadrian's Wall Path. The largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain, it runs a total of 73 miles (117.5 kilometres) in northern England. Regarded as a British cultural icon, Hadrian's Wall is one of Britain's major ancient tourist attractions. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

Hadrian's Wall marked the boundary between Roman Britannia and unconquered Caledonia to the north.The wall lies entirely within England and has never formed the Anglo-Scottish border.

Windsor castle by Markella Antoniadou

2022-04-28 13:00:06 UTC

Windsor castle is a British royal residence in Windsor, Berkshire.The castle is notable for its long association with the English and later with the British Royal Family,but also for its architecture.The original Windsor castle was built in the 11th century, after the Norman conquest of England under Williamt1.It has been used by monarch's since the time of Henry 1 , being the largest palace in Europe

The Globe theatre by Melina and Melitina

2022-04-28 16:27:38 UTC

The Globe Theatre was first built in London in 1559.In June 1613 it was burnt during a performance and a second one was built in the place of the first. Shakespeare wrote over 35 plays and most of them were performed at the Globe. The Globe didn't have a roof and most of the audience watched the play standing near the stage so they got wet when is rained.It was also very noisy because the audience shouted and cheered during the the performance. Now there is the days of William Shakespeare and it is one of the most important attractions of the English cultures. Also,there are two version of who was the first to go up. Some people say it was "Henry V" and others "Julious Caesar".
Tap here --> https://youtu.be/m3VGa6Fp3zI to see a video about Globe Theatre.

York castle by Nick P. and Kostas S

2022-04-28 16:40:12 UTC

York castle is a fortified complex in the city of york,England.It consists of a sequence of castles,prisons,law courts and other buildings,which were built over the last nine centuries on the south side of the river foss.The now-ruined keep of the medieval Norman castle is commondy referred to as clifford's Tower.Built originally on the orders of William I to dominate the Viking city of Jorvik,the castle sufferd tumultuous early history before developing into a majorfortifaction with extensive water defences.After major explosion in 1684 rendered the remaining milatary defences uninhabletable,York castle continued to be used as a jail and prison untill 1929

STONEHENGE By Sakis and George K.

2022-04-29 10:33:37 UTC

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones. Inside is a ring of smaller bluestones. Inside these are free-standing trilithons, two bulkier vertical Sarsens joined by one lintel. The whole monument, now ruinous, is orientated towards the sunrise on the summer solstice. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred tumuli (burial mounds)

University of Oxford by George K. and Sakis

2022-04-29 10:50:33 UTC

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two English ancient universities share many common features and are jointly referred to as Oxbridge. Oxford is ranked among the most prestigious universities in the world.

The tower of London by Agapi Zervou

2022-04-29 15:52:45 UTC

The tower of london is a historic castle,and now a so interesting museum for the tourists.
It's located in the north bank of the River Thames, in central London.It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlet which separated from the eastern edge of square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill.
It had built with normande architecture .It had founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest.There were several phases of expansion ,mainly under kings Richard the 1st,Henry the 3rd and Edward in the 12th and 13th centuries.
My opinion is that the Tower of London
is a very spectacular and interesting attraction in England!

Carlisle castle by Paul and Achilles

2022-04-30 11:11:57 UTC

HISTORY OF CARLISLE CASTLE
For 500 years, until the English and Scottish crowns were united in 1603, Carlisle Castle was the principal fortress of England’s north-western border with Scotland. A mighty stronghold in the frequent conflict between the two countries, and the base of the lord wardens attempting to control an unruly frontier, the castle has endured more sieges than any other place in the British Isles.

Unlike most medieval castles, it has been continuously occupied since its foundation by William II in 1092. From the 18th century to the 1960s it was the headquarters of the Border Regiment, one of the oldest in the British army.

Westminster Abbey

2022-04-30 20:14:18 UTC

by Demy Sokianou

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United Kingdom's most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and a burial site for English and, later, British monarchs.
The building itself was originally a Catholic Benedictine monastic church until the monastery was dissolved in 1539. Between 1540 and 1556, the abbey had the status of a cathedral and seat of the Catholic bishop. After 1560 the building was no longer an abbey or a cathedral, after the Catholics had been driven out by King Henry VIII, having instead been granted the status of a Church of England "Royal Peculiar"—a church responsible directly to the sovereign—by Queen Elizabeth I.
The Abbey is the burial site of more than 3,300 people, usually of prominence in British history: at least 16 monarchs, eight prime ministers, poets laureate, actors, scientists, military leaders, and the Unknown Warrior. As such, Westminster Abbey is sometimes described as "Britain's Valhalla", after the iconic hall of the chosen heroes in Norse mythology

Lee moment by George Grigorakis and Bill Moschou

2022-05-03 19:59:13 UTC

Throughout the war, many American Southerners viewed Lee as a war hero and a master strategist. Following the death of Robert E. Lee in 1870, several organizations were formed with the goal of erecting a monument to Lee in Richmond. These included survivors of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.The monument honored Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee, depicted on a horse atop a large marble base that stood over 60 feet tall. Constructed in France.The site for the statue originally was offered in 1886. Richmond City annexed the land in 1892, but economic difficulties meant that the Lee Monument stood alone for several years in the middle of a tobacco field before development resumed in the early 1900s. https://youtu.be/fcGT-YeLVVE

Old Sarum by Marianna

2022-05-05 15:11:19 UTC

Old Sarum,in Wiltshire, South West England,is the now ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury.Situated on a hill about 2 miles north of morden Salisbury near the road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country. It is an English Heritage property and is open to the public. The great stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury were erected nearby and indications of prehistoric settlement have been discovered from as early as 3000 BC. An Iron Age hillfort was erected around 400 BC, controlling the intersection of two trade paths and the Hampshire Avon. The site continued to be occupied during the Roman period, when the paths were made into roads. The Saxons took the British tort in the 6th century and later used it as a stronghold against marauding Vikings. The Normans constructed a great cathedral. A royal palace was built within Old sarum Castle for Kind Henry and was subsequently used by Plantagenet monarchs. This heyday of the settlement lasted for around 300 years until disputes between the Sheriff of Wiltshire and the Bishop of Salisbury finally led to the removal of the church into the nearby plain. As new Salisbury crew up around the construction site for the new cathedral in the early 13th century, the buildings of Old Sarum were dismantled for stone and the old town dwindled. Its long- neglected castle was abandoned by Edward Rutherfurd's in 1322 and sold by Henry Vill in1514. Edward Rutherfurd's 1987 nover Sarum traces the history of the town.

LONDONS BLUE PLAQUES BY KONSTANTINOS TSIAGAS

2022-05-05 15:47:26 UTC

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker. This is used in the United Kingdom, and it launched in 1866.

Across the capital over 950 plaques, on buildings humble and grand, honour the notable men and women who have lived or worked in them. Discover some of the people commemorated with blue plaques, or search for a plaque, below. The English Heritage London blue plaques scheme is generously supported by David Pearl and members of the public.

The Monument of the great fire of london by George Dallis and Andrew Bananis

2022-05-08 15:39:17 UTC

The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a Doric column in the City of London, near the northern end of London Bridge, that commemorates the Great Fire of London.

It stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 ft (62 m) tall and 202 ft (62 m) from the spot in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started on 2 September 1666. Another monument, the Golden Boy of Pye Corner, marks the point near Smithfield where the fire was stopped. Constructed between 1671 and 1677, it was built on the site of St. Margaret's, Fish Street, the first church to be burnt down by the Great Fire.

The Monument comprises a fluted Doric column built of Portland stone topped with a gilded urn of fire. It was designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. Its height marks its distance from the site of the shop of Thomas Farriner (or Farynor), the king's baker, where the Great Fire began.

WELLINGTON ARCH by TEO SKORDAKIS

2022-05-08 18:05:40 UTC

Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch is a now sits at Hyde Park Corner which is the new entrance to London.It stands on a large traffic island with crossings for pedestrian access. From its construction (1826–1830) the arch stood in a different location nearby,it was moved to its current site in 1882–1883

This great monument is a grade 1-listed triumphal arch.

It was built in 1825–7 and designed by the young Decimus Burton (1800–81) who was to become a highly successful architect.

The Wellington Arch was originally planned to form entrance to the newly-built Buckingham Palace as an outer entrance to the palace area, in Green Park.

The arche was based respectively on those of Titus and Constantine, in Rome.

The Wellington Arch was intended as a victory arch to commemorate the British victories in the Napoleonic wars.

THE BUILDING OF THE ARCH
It originally supported a colossal equestrian statue of the 1st Duke of Wellington by the sculptor Matthew Cotes Wyatt, as a result of which it has acquired the name "the Wellington Arch" in the vernacular.

The arch has a single opening, and uses the Corinthian order. The entabulature is loft and elegant with a richly sculptured frieze and a row of boldly projecting lions' heads on the cymatium, marking the centres of columns and other sub-divisions of the order. Above the entablature, on a lofty blocking course, is raised an attic, the body of which is embellished with a sculptural representation of an ancient triumph. On each of the columns is a statue of a warrior, and on the summit of the acroterium which surmounts the attic is a figure in a quadriga or ancient four horse chariot.

THE ARCH MOVED

In 1880 the incoming Liberal government,because of traffic problems, decided to move the Wellington Arch to a new site a short distance to the south-east, facing down Constitution Hill.They also removed the giant statue of 1st Duke of Wellington.Dismantling of the arch began in February 1883. By about 1885 the arch had been rebuilt on its present site.

ADRIAN JONES AND THE QUADRIGA

After the move, there was no statue on the arch. However, in 1891 the sculptor Adrian Jones (1845–1938), a former army veterinary captain who specialised in animal figures, exhibited a magnificent plaster group at the Royal Academy entitled ‘Triumph’, of a quadriga (a four-horse chariot). The Prince of Wales suggested that it would make a suitable adornment for the rebuilt Wellington Arch. The final bronze version was erected on top of the arch in January 1912.

RECENT HISTORY

Between 1901 and 1912 the approaches to Buckingham Palace were redesigned, to create the magnificent ceremonial landscape we see today.

The arc was used for park-keeper’s residence until 1937 and for police station , the London’s smallest one, until the late 1950s.

In 1999 the arch was transferred to the care of English Heritage and in the period between 1999 and 2001 major repairs and refurbishment were carried out.

In 2001 the arch was opened to the public.