Where to travel, travel and route planner » trafalgar square http://www.dankuna.com/blog Best travel, maps, GPS, weather, images, cheap hotels Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 National Portrait Gallery, London http://www.dankuna.com/blog/national-portrait-gallery-london.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-portrait-gallery-london http://www.dankuna.com/blog/national-portrait-gallery-london.html#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:52:39 +0000 Dankuna http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=4103 [...]]]> The is an in London, England, housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous . It was the first in the concern when it opened in 1856. The room moved in 1896 to its current site at St Martin’s Place, off , and adjoining the National Gallery.
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It has been swollen twice since then. The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) also has various satellite outstations located elsewhere in the UK, mostly for aristocratic portraits. It is unconnected to the in Edinburgh, with which its remit overlaps. The room is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

National Portrait Gallery, London GPS coordinates: 51° 30′ 33.73″ N, 0° 7′ 39.84″ W

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]]> http://www.dankuna.com/blog/national-portrait-gallery-london.html/feed 0 Trafalgar Square, London http://www.dankuna.com/blog/trafalgar-square-london.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trafalgar-square-london http://www.dankuna.com/blog/trafalgar-square-london.html#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:22:44 +0000 Bobo http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=1395 [...]]]> is a square in , England. With its position in the heart of London, it is a popular tourist attraction; its trademarks are Nelson’s Column, which stands in the centre, the four that guard the Column, and the large number of pigeons that live in the square. Other statues and sculptures are also on display in the square, including a fourth plinth displaying changing pieces of contemporary art, and it is a frequent site of political demonstrations.
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The name commemorates the (1805), a British of the Napoleonic Wars. The original name was to have been “King William the Fourth’s Square”, but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name “Trafalgar Square”. The northern area of the square had been the site of the King’s Mews since the time of Edward I, while the southern end was the original , where the Strand from the City met Whitehall, coming north from Westminster. As the midpoint between these twin cities, is to this day considered the heart of London, from which all distances today are measured. .
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Admiralty Arch, London


It was designed by , constructed by John Mowlem & Co and completed in 1912. It adjoins the Old Admiralty Building, hence the name. The building was commissioned by in memory of his mother , although he did not live to see its completion. London sightseeing tours.

Admiralty Arch, London GPS coordinates: 51° 30′ 24.33″ N, 0° 7′ 43.29″ W

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Feb 10, 4:00pm at The Edge, 11 Soho Square, London, ENG
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Feb 10, 5:00pm at Fluid Bar, 40 Charterhouse St, London, LONDON
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Feb 10, 6:00pm at Evolve Wellness Centre, 10 Kendrick Mews, London, ENG
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