Albert Memorial

Albert Memorial
n.
monument to Prince Albert of England in Kensington Gardens, London: 175 ft (53 m) high

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a monument opposite the Albert Hall in London, England, built in the 1860s in memory of Prince Albert.

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      monument in Kensington Gardens, in the Greater London borough of Westminster (Westminster, City of). It stands near the southern boundary of the park, between Alexandra Gate and Queen's Gate, just north of the Royal Albert Hall.

      The memorial honours Prince Albert (Albert, Prince Consort of Great Britain and Ireland) (d. 1861), consort of Queen Victoria (Victoria). It was designed shortly after Albert's death by George Gilbert Scott (Scott, Sir George Gilbert) (who was knighted for his work) and completed in 1872, although the central statue of Prince Albert was not placed upon it until 1876. The monument stands 175 feet (53 metres) high and is graced with scores of statues and sculpted figures that are, in scale, somewhat larger than life. It underwent major restoration work in the 1990s.

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