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Top 8 Monuments & Statues in Greenwich, England
The crown jewels, Buckingham Palace, Camden Market…in London, history collides with art, fashion, food, and good British ale. A perfect day is different for everyone: culture aficionados shouldn't miss the Tate Modern and the Royal Opera House. If you love fashion, Oxford Street has shopping galore. For foodies, cream tea at Harrod’s or crispy fish from a proper chippy offers classic London flavor. Music and book buffs will love seeing Abbey Road and the Sherlock Holmes Museum (at 221B Baker Street, of course).
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1. King William IV Statue
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4.0 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By futtock21 - London, United Kingdom
King William IV reigned for a mere seven years between 1832-7 but died one of Britain’s most unpopular monarchs. Built in granite to a design by Samuel Nixon it is surprising it was commissioned at all let alone to stand from 1844 in a prominent position in King William Street in the City of London near the Victorian London Bridge which had opened in 1839. Proving an ever greater obstacle to traffic it was moved to its present location at the western rear entrance to the National Maritime Museum in 1936. It now sits close to a large sculpture of a ship in a bottle outside the entrance itself.
2. Monumento a James Wolfe
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4.0 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By futtock21 - London, United Kingdom
Built in 1930 to commemorate General Wolfe’s victory over the French at Quebec in 1759 this statue was designed by Dr. Tait MacKenzie and was the gift of the Canadian people. It was unveiled by the Marquis de Montcalm a descendant of the leader of the defeated French forces who, like Wolfe, also died in the battle. It is fitting such a statue should be erected in Greenwich Park as Wolfe was born in Greenwich and is buried in a local church. It replaced a statue of Brittania originally planned for this site.
3. Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh
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4.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By futtock21 - London, United Kingdom
This statue of Sir Walter Raleigh together with a statue of George Washington were commissioned by the State of Virginia in 1959 as a gift to the people of Britain to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the foundation of the Commonwealth of Virginia. But whilst George Washington was sited on the south lawn of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square this Raleigh statue never got to replace the James II statue standing nearby but was unveiled instead in Old Palace Yard, Whitehall where he had been beheaded. In 2001 his statue was moved to its present site in front of the Visitor Centre in Greenwich.
4. Quantum Cloud (sculpture).
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3.5 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By Kayseri
I love this sculpture. If you have a very basic knowledge of quantum mechanics you will probably appreciate it as well. Even if you just know about the thought experiment usually referred to as Schrodinger’s cat, you’ll see the beauty of this sculpture. The first time I saw the sculpture I didn’t see the figure of the man at the centre of the piece. I thought it was a ridiculous hodgepodge of steel, and it looked more like a haystack than anything else. It was only after reading an article about the sculpture that I thought of going to see it again. I waited for a cloudy day and took my camera with me. On this occasion, I did indeed see the figure of the man several times. And just as often, I did not see it at all. It’s there and not there at the same time. Brilliant! Btw, if you want to photograph it, cloudy days are best and you may want to reduce shutter speed and try setting fstop at f8 or above. I also set my white balance to 8300 on the Kelvin scale.
