میدان پارلمان

میدان پارلمان در سال ۱۹۸۰
میدان پارلمان () یک میدان مهم در شمال شرقی کاخ وست‌مینستر در شهر لندن است.
این میدان که از جاذبه‌های گردشگری لندن می‌باشد، ساختمان‌های مختلفی همچون کاخ وست‌مینستر (شرق)، دیوان عالی بریتانیا (غرب)، کلیسای وست‌مینستر (جنوب) در اطراف آن قرار دارد.
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نخست‌وزیر بریتانیا۱۹۴۰–۱۹۴۵ و ۱۹۵۵–۱۹۵۱
Unveiled by Lady Clementine Churchill. Churchill indicated his desire for a statue of himself in this spot when Parliament Square was redeveloped in the 1950s. Roberts-Jones’s initial versions of the statue were felt to bear too close a resemblance to Benito Mussolini.
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Prime Minister 1916–1922
Unveiled by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. Stands on a plinth of slate from Penrhyn Quarry, North Wales.
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نخست‌وزیر آفریقای جنوبی۱۹۱۹–۱۹۲۴ و ۱۹۴۸–۱۹۳۹
Winston Churchill, on his return to power in 1951, wished to erect a statue to Smuts; he was, however, unable to perform the unveiling due to illness. The pedestal is of granite from South Africa.
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Prime Minister 1855–1858 and 1859–1865
Palmerston is portrayed in middle age, before he became Prime Minister. The pedestal departs from the "Gothic" model of the nearby statues of Derby and Peel.
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Prime Minister 1852, 1858–1859 and 1866–1868
Derby is represented wearing his robes as Chancellor of Oxford University. The bronze reliefs around the pedestal depicting scenes from his life were executed by Noble’s assistant, Horace Montford.
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Prime Minister 1868 and 1874–1880
The statue was the "shrine" of the Primrose League, a conservative association established in Disraeli’s memory, who left wreaths in front of it every year on "Primrose Day", the anniversary of his death.
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نخست‌وزیر بریتانیا۱۸۳۴–۱۸۳۵ و ۱۸۴۶–۱۸۴۱
Initially a statue of Peel was commissioned from Carlo Marochetti. This was ready by 1853 but was considered to be far too large. Marochetti produced a smaller work which was placed at the entrance to New Palace Yard; this was removed in 1868 and melted down in 1874.
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Foreign Secretary 1807–1809 and 1822–1827; Prime Minister 1827
Originally erected in New Palace Yard; in its current location since 1949. The features are based on the portrait bust of Canning by Sir Francis Chantrey, who was "not at all pleased with the preference shewn to Mr. Westmacott".
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رئیس‌جمهور ایالات متحده ۱۸۶۱–۱۸۶۵
A replica of the statue in پارک لینکلن، شیکاگو. This statue was unveiled by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, after being ceremonially presented by the American ambassador and accepted by Prime Minister دیوید لوید جرج. Initially the statue was to be erected in 1914, but this was postponed. By that time some favoured an alternative statue by George Grey Barnard, which was eventually erected in Manchester.
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رهبر جنبش ضد آپارتاید ورئیس‌جمهور آفریقای جنوبی ۱۹۹۹–۱۹۹۴
Westminster Council had earlier refused permission for placing the statue in Trafalgar Square adjacent to South Africa House. The statue was unveiled by Prime Minister گوردون براون in the presence of Wendy Woods, the widow of Donald Woods, a late anti-apartheid campaigner, and the British actor, director and long-time friend of Woods, ریچارد اتنبرا.
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رهبر جنبش استقلال‌طلبی هند
تندیس ماهاتما گاندی، رهبر جنبش استقلال‌طلبی هند بر اساس عکسی به سال ۱۹۳۱ از او در بیرون از دفتر رمزی مک‌دونالد، نخست‌وزیر بریتانیا ترسیم شده است. هند Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 14 March, 2015. The statue was dedicated as a commemoration of the centennial of Gandhis return to India from آفریقای جنوبی، which is generally regarded as the commencement of his efforts for Indian independence. Speakers at the unveiling of the statue included نخست‌وزیر بریتانیا دیوید کامرون، Indian film star آمیتاب باچان and Gandhis grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi. تندیس مهاتما گاندی، اولین مجسمه یک فرد هندی و تنها فرد بدون مقام سیاسی رسمی است که در میدان پارلمان نصب شده‌است.
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