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 Victoria as a tribute to her late consort, Prince Albert of 
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The High Gothic monument was completed in 
fifteen years after prince Albert died at the age of forty-two.##&&Albert Memorial##&&Prince Albert##&&Prince Albert##&&Prince Albert was born in Germany as the second son of the Duke of 
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. In he married his cousin Victoria, who had just 
inherited the throne of Great Britain.##&&Prince Albert is best known for his support of the Great Exhibition of 
the World of Industry of All Nations which was held in in##&&Hyde Park##&&and became a tremendous success. Six million Britons, or one third of the population, visited the exhibition.##&&Albertopolis##&&After the closure of the exhibition prince Albert 
put all his energy on an even larger project. He wanted to provide free 
cultural education by creating a permanent national exhibition promoting
 science and culture. Along a broad boulevard near##&&Hyde Park##&&museums, concert halls and academies would be built.##&&The grand project, dubbed 'Albertopolis', was unfinished by the time
 prince Albert died of typhoid in but by the end of the nineteenth
 century a whole cluster of cultural institutions had settled in South 
Kensington; they include the##&&Royal Albert Hall##&&the Royal College of Art, the##&&Natural History Museum##&&and the##&&Victoria & Albert Museum##&&The Monument##&&Albert's memorial was appropriately erected opposite the##&&Royal Albert Hall##&&near the location of the Exhibition of The memorial##&&was commissioned by Queen Victoria as a tribute to her late consort.##&&The monument, standing 175ft/53m tall, was built from to 
after a neo-Gothic design by Sir George Gilbert Scott. A 14ft/4m high 
gilded statue shows Albert seated under a pinnacle, holding a catalogue 
of the Great Exhibition. The pinnacle is set on a base with a large
 frieze. It is adorned with marble reliefs of people, mostly 
artists.##&&At each corner are four statues depicting some of prince Albert's interests: engineering, agriculture, commerce and##&&'Asia'##&&manufacturing. At the bottom of the steps leading to prince Albert's 
statue are four more sculpture groups, symbolizing Europe, Africa, 
America and Asia.##&&Renovation##&&Since the monument had been blackened, 
supposedly to avoid becoming a target of German zeppelin bombing raids. 
Between and the decaying monument was restored and Albert's 
statue was re-gilded.##&&Next:##&&The Gherkin##&&Subway##&&South Kensington (Circle, District, Piccadilly)##&&Location##&&Kensington Gore, SW7##&&london##&&x##&&Press ESC to close##&&powered by##&&www.aviewoncities.com