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Monumento al Príncipe Alberto

Name: Monumento al Príncipe Alberto
Address: London, England, GB

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Caroline

April 23, 2022

Queen Victoria loved Albert, there’s no doubting that, walk from Kensington gardens to Hyde park and you’ll come across one of the most incredible testaments to love a person grieving has ever made.

Bhavna

May 4, 2018

This 180ft Victorian bronze gilt statue in Kensington Gardens is a tribute to Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, and was erected following his death through typhoid at the age of 42. The Albert Memorial accurately captures a royal love story that, like the statue, has stood the test of time. The Queen's grief, and that of her public, was directed at the monument which reflected both the Prince's various public passions and Victorian achievements of the time. Designed by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1872 this tribute to the Prince Consort was unveiled by Queen Victoria in 1876. Each pillar took eight men about 20 weeks to finish and polish, and the Albert Memorial was noted at the time of its c