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Victoria Embankment Gardens

I Victoria Embankment Gardens (in italiano traducibile come: I giardini dell'argine Vittoria) sono una serie di giardini sita sulla sponda nord del Tamigi tra il ponte Blackfriars Bridge e il ponte Westminster Bridge a Londra. Storia Tra il 1865 e il 1870 venne costruito il Victoria Embankment da Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Nel 1874 vennero creati i giardini sul terreno creato restringendo il corso del Tamigi. Erano divisi in quattro sezioni, Temple Garden ad est, Main Gardens ad ovest (in principio noti come Adelphi Gardens) e due altre sezioni a sud sulla riva del Tamigi. I giardini sono oggi sotto il controllo della City of Westminster. Struttura I giardini sono completamente recintati e aperti durante l'orario stabilito. Aprono alle 07:30 tutto l'anno, ma chiudono in orari diversi, dalle 16:30 durante i mesi più freddi alle 21:30 al culmine della stagione estiva. Tutti i giardini hanno sentieri in ghiaia che sono ben allineati con le sedi indicate soprattutto dei memoriali. Il giardini che danno sul fiume sono fiancheggiati da alberi centenari, prati erbosi e aiuole e nei giorni caldi i lavoratori dei vicini uffici consumano in essi il cibo nella pausa pranzo, sia seduti sui sedili che sull'erba. Statue Nella sezione di Temple vi sono dei monumenti a Isambard Kingdom Brunel e John Stuart Mill. Nella sezione principale vi sono dei memoriali a Sir Arthur Sullivan, Robert Burns, Sir Wilfred Lawson, Robert Raikes e all'Imperial Camel Corps. Nella sezione sud vi sono memoriali a Sir James Outram, Generale Gordon, Air Marshal Lord Trenchard e il Chindit Memorial che commemora anche Orde Wingate. Anche se non proprio una statua, vi è una meridiana di acciaio inossidabile nel giardino principale sotto il Savoy, dedicata a Richard D'Oyly Carte. Altre strutture Nel giardino principale c'è una caffetteria, aperta nei periodi più caldi, e un palco per la musica dove si svolgono concerti ogni giorno nei mesi di giugno e luglio. Le sedie all'interno sono a pagamento ma i concerti possono essere facilmente ascoltati al di fuori sui sedili dei vialetti. Il York Water Gate è adiacente all'ingresso di Villier Street. Questo segna la sponda originaria del Tamigi, che ora si trova a 135 metri di distanza. I servizi igienici pubblici sono al di fuori dell'ingresso dei giardini vicino alla stazione della metropolitana. Bibliografia Ehrlich Blake, London on the Thames, Cassell & Co, 1968 Hugh Clout, Times London Historic Atlas, Times Books, 1991, ISBN 0-7230-0342-4 Godfrey Thompson, London Statues, JM Dent, ISBN 0-460-03939-3 Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Victoria Embankment Gardens Collegamenti esterni City of Westminster Parks: Victoria Embankment Gardens, su westminster.gov.uk (archiviato dall'url originale il 5 marzo 2010). Chindit Memorial, su chindits.info. Savoy Sundial, su flickr.com.
Victoria Law Courts

The Victoria Law Courts is a red brick and terracotta judicial building, which accommodates Birmingham Magistrates' Court, on Corporation Street, Birmingham, England. It is a Grade I listed building. History For much of the 19th century, criminal court cases were heard in the Public Office in Moor Street. However, in the early 1880s, as the number of court cases in Birmingham grew, the judicial authorities decided it was necessary to have a dedicated courthouse. The site they selected on Corporation Street had been occupied by the old Birmingham Workhouse, which had been built in 1734 and cleared away as part of a larger scheme by the mayor, Joseph Chamberlain, to demolish old slums. The foundation stone was laid by Queen Victoria on 23 March 1887 in her Golden Jubilee year. Designed by Aston Webb & Ingress Bell of London after an open competition, assessed by architect Alfred Waterhouse, to provide the first assize courts in Birmingham, it is faced entirely in deep red terracotta from the clay of Ruabon in North Wales and covered in intricate terracotta ornamentation. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage facing Corporation Street, with a symmetrical centre section, a long wing with two gables to the left and a single gabled bay to the right. The central section featured a large round headed main entrance with multiple hood moulds flanked by turrets and, beyond that, by octagonal towers with conical roofs. A statue of Queen Victoria by Harry Bates surmounts the main entrance. Other figures are by sculptor William Silver Frith to designs by Walter Crane. Built by Birmingham firm John Bowen and Sons, the courts were opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales on 21 July 1891. Additions were made adding a projecting bow window on the left between 1891 and 1894 and extensions were erected along Newton Street in 1914. The interior, including the Great Hall, is faced with sandy-yellow terracotta and intricate ornamentation. The terracotta used for the interior was produced by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth. Crown Court trials, i.e. criminal cases involving trial by judge and jury, moved to the Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts in Dalton Street in 1987. A proposal was made, prior to the 2010 UK General Election, to move the magistrates' court to a new purpose-built building nearby. The project was subsequently abandoned after HM Courts Service had its budget cut and after magistrates indicated their desire to remain in the Victoria Law Courts complex. References
Victoria Law Courts

El Victoria Law Courts en Corporation Street, Birmingham, Inglaterra, es un edificio de ladrillo rojo y terracota catalogado como Grado I​​ que ahora alberga el Tribunal de Magistrados de Birmingham. Historia Diseñado por Aston Webb & Ingress Bell de Londres después de un concurso abierto en 1886, evaluado por el arquitecto Alfred Waterhouse, para proporcionar los primeros tribunales de lo penal en la ciudad de rápido crecimiento de Birmingham, está revestido completamente en terracota de color rojo oscuro de la arcilla de Ruabon en Norte de Gales​ y cubierto de una intrincada ornamentación de terracota. Una estatua de la reina Victoria de Harry Bates corona la entrada principal.​ Otras figuras son del escultor William Silver Frith con diseños de Walter Crane.​ La parte trasera del edificio está menos elaboradamente decorada. La reina Victoria colocó la primera piedra el 23 de marzo de 1887 en su año del Jubileo de Oro.​ Construido por la firma de Birmingham John Bowen and Sons, los tribunales fueron inaugurados el 21 de julio de 1891 por el Príncipe y la Princesa de Gales.​ Se hicieron adiciones agregando una ventana de arco saliente a la izquierda en 1891–94 y extensiones a lo largo de Newton Street en 1914.​ El interior, incluido el Gran Salón, está revestido con terracota de color amarillo arena y una ornamentación intrincada. La terracota utilizada para el interior fue producida por Gibbs and Canning Limited de Tamworth.​ Los candelabros del gran salón se asemejan a la corona de coronación de la reina Victoria y fueron los primeros fuera de Londres en funcionar con electricidad.​ De pie en el extremo norte de la calle comercial, se complementa con el Salón Central Metodista de color similar, que se encuentra enfrente. El sitio fue ocupado anteriormente por Alaska Works y una pequeña escuela. Futuro Se hizo una propuesta, antes de las elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 2010, para trasladar el Tribunal de Magistrados a un nuevo edificio cercano construido especialmente. Esta propuesta fue archivada, indefinidamente, por el gobierno de coalición entrante encabezado por David Cameron como primer ministro, con Ken Clarke como Lord Canciller y secretario de Estado de Justicia (siendo el ministro responsable). Referencias
Victoria Monument, Liverpool

The Queen Victoria Monument is a large neo-Baroque or Beaux-Arts monument built over the former site of Liverpool Castle at Derby Square in Liverpool. A large ensemble featuring 26 bronze figures by C. J. Allen (some in New Sculpture style), it was designed by F. M. Simpson of the Liverpool School of Architecture, in collaboration with the local architectural firm of Willink and Thicknesse and built of Portland stone. The foundation stone was laid on 11 October 1902 by Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. The monument was unveiled on 27 September 1906. It is a Grade II Listed structure, a preservation category for structures of special public interest. Sharples and Pollard, in the Liverpool volume of the Pevsner Architectural Guides, describe the work as Allen's greatest, and as one of the most ambitious monuments to Queen Victoria. There are four groups of figures around the pedestal, representing agriculture, commerce, industry and education. Among the figures representing education is a statue modelled on Sir Oliver Lodge. A large (4.42 metres (14.5 ft)) statue of Queen Victoria is at the centre, centred in four groups of columns which support a baldacchino-like open dome (which Terry Cavanagh called the monument's "least successful feature"). On top of the column groups are four allegorical figures representing justice, wisdom, charity, and peace. Atop the dome itself is a large figure representing fame. In 2002, as part of the Liverpool Biennial festival, Japanese artist Tatsurou Bashi (b. 1960) created a hotel room around the statue of the Queen entitled Villa Victoria, in which paying guests could spend a night. See also List of public art in Liverpool References External links Queen Victoria Monument, Derby Square, Liverpool by Bob Speel Old photos of the monument at Chester Virtual Stroll
Victoria Palace Theatre

Il Vitoria Palace Theatre è un teatro sito nella città di Westminster del West End di Londra, di fronte alla stazione di Londra Victoria. Storia La storia del teatro iniziò nel 1832 come una piccola sala da concerti sopra le stalle del Royal Standard Hotel. Il proprietario, John Moy, ingrandì l'edificio nel 1850 e trasformò la sala da concerti nel Moy's Music Hall. Alfred Brown ne divenne il proprietario nel 1863, lo ristrutturò e lo ribattezzò Royal Standard Music Hall. L'hotel fu demolito nel 1886 e con la crescita del traffico ferroviario la zona di Victoria era diventata uno dei centri nevralgici della capitale. Il Royal Standard fu demolito nel 1910 e al suo posto fu costruito l'attuale teatro, il Victoria Palace Theatre, per dodicimila sterline. Il teatro fu progettato dall'architetto Frank Matcham ed aprì al pubblico il 6 novembre 1911. Nei suoi primi anni d'attività il teatro mantenne la programmazione originale di numerosi varietà e riviste musicali. Il Victoria Palace Theatre cominciò ad affermarsi come teatro d'arte drammatico nel 1934, quando la pièce Young England del reverendo Walter Reynolds rimase in cartellone per 278 rappresentazioni. Il grande successo del musical Me and My Girl aiutò il teatro ad affermarsi prima della seconda guerra mondiale. Nel 1978 il musical registrò un altro successo con il musical Annie, che rimase in scena per tre anni e quasi millecinquecento rappresentazioni. Nel 1982 il teatro vide il debutto sulle scene londinesi di Elizabeth Taylor nel dramma Le piccole volpi, mentre nel 1986 Michael Crawford ottenne un altro successo personale al Victoria Palace per il musical Barnum. Dal 2005 al 2016 il teatro ospitò il musical di Elton John Billy Elliot, che rimase in scena per undici anni e oltre quattromilacinquecento rappresentazioni in cartellone. Dopo il termine delle repliche di Billy Elliot, il teatro, che era stato acquistato da Cameron Mackintosh, fu chiuso per ristrutturazioni, e riaperto nel dicembre 2017 con il musical Premio Pulitzer Hamilton. Il teatro ospita 1602 spettatori disposti su tre livelli. Sulla cima della cupola del teatro vi è una statua dorata della prima ballerina Anna Pavlova, lì collocata al momento dell'inaugurazione nel 1911. La statua fu rimossa e poi persa durante la seconda guerra mondiale e una copia è stata collocata al suo posto nel 2006. Note Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Victoria Palace Theatre Collegamenti esterni Sito ufficiale, su victoriapalacetheatre.co.uk.
Victoria Park, Finchley

Victoria Park is in Church End in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. It covers seven hectares (17 acres). It is on the east side of Ballards Lane and fairly close to Finchley Central and West Finchley tube stations. History Much of the park was originally part of Colby's Farm, where Charles Dickens wrote part of Martin Chuzzlewit. In 1887 Henry Stephens proposed converting the fields to a public park to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, but it was not opened until 1902, a year after Queen Victoria's death. It was the only public park in the former Borough of Finchley until 1914. The park is mainly grassland, with playgrounds, fine trees and ornamental gardens, playing fields, six public tennis courts, Finchley Victoria Bowling and Croquet Club with two lawns and a clubhouse, and a café open seven days a week. There are entrances on Ballards Lane, Long Lane, Etchingham Park Road and Park View Road. Awards Victoria Park achieved a Green Flag Award for 2009–2010. The Green Flag Award Scheme is run by The Civic Trust and is intended to be the benchmark against which the quality of public parks and green spaces can be measured. It also recognises the diversity and value of green space to the local community. Gallery References External links Victoria Park described on the London Borough of Barnet website London Gardens Online, Victoria Park
Victoria Park, Leamington Spa

Victoria Park is a public park in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. It is situated about half a mile (800 m) west of the town centre and is on the south bank of the River Leam. The total area of the park as it stands today is 18.5 acres (7.5 ha). History & Features Up until the 1830s the park was just part of farmland on the edge of the growing spa town. It was at that time that one of the local land owning families, the Willes, began to hold archery competitions on the land. In the middle of the nineteenth century Leamington Cricket club made their first home there and in the 1860s the New Riverside Walk was opened. The park was extensively landscaped and redesigned in 1899 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Before the Royal Show moved to Stoneleigh Park one of its venues was Victoria Park. The bowling greens are amongst the best in England, hosting the English Men's and Women's Bowling Championships annually as well as the Women's event at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. The bowling greens hosted the lawn bowls events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where temporary stands seating 5,000 people were used. Most of Leamington's municipal tennis courts are located in the park (more are located at the top of The Parade) as well as extensive children's play areas, a skate park, a paddling pool, and a cafe. The park was chosen to host the 2007 European Race Walking Cup. See also Royal Pump Room Gardens References Notes Cave, Lyndon (1988), Royal Leamington Spa, Phillmore & Co, Chichester
Victoria Park (Leamington Spa)

Victoria Park est un parc public dans Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Angleterre. Il est situé à environ 800 m à l'ouest du centre-ville et se trouve sur la rive sud de la River Leam. La superficie totale du parc tel qu'il se présente aujourd'hui est de 18.5 acres. Histoire & fonctionnalités Jusque dans les années 1830, le parc n'était qu'une partie des terres agricoles en bordure de la ville thermale en pleine croissance. C'est à cette époque que l'une des familles de propriétaires fonciers locaux, les Wille, a commencé à organiser des compétitions de tir à l'arc sur le terrain. Au milieu du dix-neuvième siècle, le club de cricket de Leamington y a établi leur première maison et dans les années 1860, le New Riverside Walk a été ouvert. Le parc a été largement aménagé et repensé en 1899 pour célébrer le jubilé de diamant de la reine Victoria. Avant que le Royal Show ne déménage à Stoneleigh Park, l'un de ses sites était Victoria Park. Les boulingrins sont parmi les meilleurs d'Angleterre, accueillant chaque année les championnats anglais de bowling masculin et féminin ainsi que les championnats du monde de bowling féminin en 1996 et 2004. Les terrains de boules accueilleront l'événement de boulingrin aux Jeux du Commonwealth de 2022. La plupart des courts de tennis municipaux de Leamington sont situés dans le parc (d'autres sont situés en haut de Parade) ainsi que de vastes aires de jeux pour enfants, un skate park et un café. Le parc a été choisi pour accueillir la Coupe d'Europe de marche 2007. Voir aussi Royal Pump Room Gardens Références Portail de l’Angleterre
Victoria Park, Leicester

Victoria Park in Leicester, England is a public park of 69 acres (28 ha). It is to the south-east, just outside the city centre, backing on to the University of Leicester and close to Leicester railway station. History The park was historically part of the South Fields of Leicester, and was used from 1806 to 1883 as a racecourse – a function that was then transferred to the purpose-built Leicester Racecourse in Oadby. It was opened as a park in 1882. A Victorian grandstand stood in the park until the mid-20th century, and was used as a pavilion after racing moved to Oadby. It was damaged by a German parachute bomb in 1940 and later demolished, with the new pavilion built on the same site and opened in 1958. Leicester Fosse (who later became Leicester City Football Club) played here on various occasions between 1884 and 1890. Facilities It has facilities for various sports, including tennis, basketball, bowls, croquet, football, cricket and rugby. A skate park has recently been added, and there is an adventure playground for young children. The majority of the park is level, open grassland and the largest space in particular is sometimes used as a venue for outdoor events – in recent years these have included BBC Radio 1's One Big Sunday, the Leicester Caribbean Carnival, Leicester Pride and the Summer Sundae music festival, and BBC Radio 2 in the Park. Kasabian also had a sell out concert here with 50,000 tickets sold. A pavilion provides sports changing facilities, and is also the site of a cafe. Landmarks The park is home to two memorials. The Arch of Remembrance, a quadrifrons arch, was designed by Edwin Lutyens and built in 1923, to commemorate the dead of the First World War. The memorial, a Grade I listed building, stands at the top of an ornamental walkway ("Peace Walk") with gates (also by Lutyens) opening on to University Road. A smaller memorial near the cafe commemorates the American 82nd Airborne Division, stationed in Leicester prior to D-Day. The gates and lodges on the London Road side of the park were also designed by Lutyens and built in 1930. Sport A parkrun takes place in the park every Saturday morning at 9am. References
Victoria Park (Leicester)

Victoria Park – park położony w południowo-wschodniej części miasta Leicester, o powierzchni 27,9 hektarów (279 000 m²), otwarty w 1882 r. Obok parku znajduje się University of Leicester, De Montfort Hall. Park otaczają dwie główne ulice London Road (A6), Victoria Park Road (B568), oraz Granville Road. Blisko parku znajduje się dworzec kolejowy, w odległości sześciuset metrów. Park posiada zaplecze do uprawiania sportów m.in.: tenisa, koszykówki, krykieta, piłki nożnej. W parku organizowane są imprezy plenerowe: Caribbean Carnival oraz Leicester Pride. Istnieje również budynek, gdzie znajduje się kawiarnia, bar, restauracja. Na terenie parku znajduje się pomnik The War Memorial. Zobacz też Abbey Park Nelson Mandela Park Spinney Hill Park (Leicester) Przypisy
Victoria Park, Plymouth

Victoria Park is a park in Millbridge, Plymouth, England. It extends at the eastern end from the bowling green beneath what was once a railway viaduct to what is now the merging of Molesworth Road and Eldad Hill, and which once was a toll bridge, and an important thoroughfare between Devonport and Plymouth. History The area which it occupies was once a part of an area of tidal marshland, known as the Deadlake; Batholomew Terrace, a road now adjacent to the park, was marked on 19th century maps of the area as Deadlake Lane. At the end of the 19th century, culverts were constructed to channel a few small streams which fed into the Deadlake, and the creek was filled in with rubble from the quarries at Oreston and Cattedown, a mile or so away. After heavy rain the culverts can become overloaded and water forces its way to the surface. This has only been particularly dramatic once in the last 10 years, with no effect other than temporarily inconveniencing pedestrians using the park as a short cut between Millbridge and the city centre. The park, which has a park-keeper's lodge, was formally opened to the public in 1903. During World War II 3 underground shelters were built in Victoria Park to protect the population during the Blitz, and American Soldiers camped on the park's fields. At the eastern end there is an 80 foot painted mild steel loop sculpture called Moor, by Turner Prize winner Richard Deacon, set in 1990, on top of three tall redundant red brick railway pillars. References
Victoria Park, Newbury

Victoria Park is a small public park near to the centre of Newbury, Berkshire, England. Current features of the park include a bandstand, tennis courts, boating lake, bowls club, skatepark, and a statue of Queen Victoria. History Originally Victoria Park was called The Marsh, however by the turn of the 20th century the name Victoria Park had arisen. This is likely due to the Queen's popularity and the fact that many public celebrations, such as the Queen's jubilee were held in the park. The statue of her was originally placed in the Market Place in 1903, subsequently moved to Greenham House in 1933 and then to Victoria Park 1966. Up until the 1930s the park was common land, which included the right to graze cattle. The park used to be larger, however it has been gradually encroached upon by housing and the nearby A339 road to the eastern edge of the park, which up until the building of the Newbury bypass was the main route for traffic between Oxford and Southampton. The A339 was in fact built on the path of a stream called the Minny Flush, because of the number of minnows to be found in it. The American Bridge During the Second World War a temporary or emergency bridge was built over the Kennet and Avon canal, joining the park with the centre of town. The reason for this was because it was feared the Town Bridge was to be bombed which would have effectively split the town in two. Although it was supposed to be a temporary bridge it became a key crossing point and lasted up until 2001 when it was replaced with a new structure. Erroneously this was called the American Bridge because although it was built by civilian contractors for the War Office its plans had been stamped by the American Army, certifying its use for their forces. A major problem with the temporary bridge was that it was only 7 ft (2.1 m) high, much lower than the recommended height of 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m). References westberks.gov.uk: Discover Newbury... Victoria Park Popular History of Newbury by Walter Money (ISBN 0-900294-05-1) External links Newbury Fringe Festival KOTG (Keep Off The Grass) Newbury Bowls Club