Albert Memorial - London UK
This magnificent statue is the memorial Queen Victoria commissioned after the death of her beloved husband Albert. A stunning tribute to her love for him and the might of her Empire.
Walking London : The Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens : England
A first-person perspective London walk tour of The Albert Memorial.
Experience all of the sights and sounds as Watched Walker (yes, I’m talking about myself in the third person) takes us on a walking tour through the streets of London, featuring The Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens. The route begins in Kensington Gardens heading south towards The Albert Memorial, crossing The Flower Walk, and finally circling the memorial, where the tour concludes.
Sights seen along the tour include Kensington Gardens, Royal Albert Hall, a game of lawn bowls taking place, tourists, and The Albert Memorial with its Statue of Albert, Frieze of Parnassus, and Allegorical sculptures.
And in each video I've hidden a blinking eye, can you spot it? (It could appear more than once). In addition to the blinking eye, I've also added the Watched Walker logo to various scenes–it could be on buildings, vehicles or any other objects, so keep an eye out for it too!
Footage recorded May 2017.
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UK: LONDON: QUEEN REOPENS NEWLY RESTORED ALBERT MEMORIAL
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday night officially reopened a monument commemorating one of the Royal family's great love stories - the Albert Memorial.
In a lavish ceremony watched by large crowds, she unveiled the gold leafed statue of her great-great Grandfather, Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert.
The event marked the end of a four-year restoration project.
It's the first time the statue has been restored to its original gold colour in more than 80 years.
And the gothic-style memorial itself, which stands across the road from the Royal Albert Hall in central London, is now in better condition than when it was first built in 1867.
The statue, which is three-times life-size, had its gold leaf removed in 1915.
Back then, it was blackened - supposedly to stop it shining in the moonlight and allowing German Zeppelins to target their bombs on nearby Kensington Palace.
The whole memorial was in urgent need of restoration, as design faults had allowed rainwater to penetrate its iron core, undermining the structure.
It was declared unsafe in 1983 when a large piece of lead cornice fell to the ground, and was covered in scaffolding for eight years.
Some 17 (M) million U-S dollars later, the Victorian Gothic edifice, with a re-gilded 14-foot-high statue of the prince at its centre, emerged in all its splendour.
The memorial features mosaics and statues celebrating the arts, science and industry and reflects the great work Albert did as a patron.
The golden statue itself shows the German-born Prince seated in his garter robes, holding a catalogue of the Great Exhibition of 1851 - his greatest achievement.
Declaring the restoration work a triumph, the Queen spoke warmly of the Prince, who was Queen Victoria's adviser and mentor as well as her husband, until his untimely death in 1861 at the age of only 42.
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A memorial worthy of her remarkable husband was duly created. It is indeed no artistic monstrosity, but in Queen Victoria's words really magnificent.
SUPER CAPTION: Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen also noted that Prince Albert had once vetoed a statue of himself, saying he did not want to be permanently ridiculed and laughed at in effigy.
But 15 years after his early death, the memorial was commissioned.
Fittingly it stands on the edge of Hyde Park, overlooking a part of London forever associated with Albert.
The area to the south of the park, containing the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Natural History and Science Museums, and Imperial College of Science, was farmland when the 1851 Great Exhibition was held.
With the profits of the Exhibition, the land was bought and Albertopolis was created, a centre of the arts, science and technology named after their great champion.
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Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, London.
Video of the splendid Albert Memorial in Hyde Park, London. You can read about it at
Hyde Park, The Albert Memorial & The Royal Albert Hall by AirView Media
Beautiful aerial shots over Hyde Park, The Albert Memorial and The Royal Albert Hall in London.
ALBERT MEMORIAL, London UK (HD1080p)
The Albert Memorial (1872 / hight 54 meter) is located in Kensington Gardens of London´s. • Albert Memorial on suurikokoinen muistomerkki Lontoon Kensington Gardens -puistossa. Se on omistettu kuningatar Viktorian puolisolle, prinssi Albertille. Noin 54 metriä korkea muistomerkki paljastettiin vuonna 1872. Albert Memorial on yksi Lontoon keskeisimmistä nähtävyyksistä.
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Prince Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens - London, U.K.
Also known as The Prince Albert Memorial, it is a tribute commissioned by Queen Victoria to honor her husband who died at the young age of 42 in 1861.
The statue was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style. The statue of Albert was designed by John Henry Foley and Thomas Brock. It opened to the public in 1872, with the statue of Albert officially seated in 1875.
All camcorder filming and narration was done by Ed.
Albert Hall and Albert Memorial, London, England - September, 2008
Albert Hall at night and a bit of the Albert Memorial as well.
The Albert Memorial, London, U.K.
The Albert Memorial is located in Kensington Gardens on Albert Memorial Road opposite the Royal Albert Hall. It is one of London's most ornate monuments, designed by George Gilbert Scott.
Albert Memorial, London, England
London 17 - Royal Albert Hall Albert Memorial
Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, best known for holding the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941. It has a capacity (depending on configuration of the event) of up to 5,272 seats. The Hall is a registered charity held in trust for the nation and receives no public or government funding.
Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from several performance genres have appeared on its stage and it has become one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings. Each year it hosts more than 350 events including classical concerts, rock and pop, ballet and opera, sports, award ceremonies, school and community events, charity performances and banquets.
The Hall was originally supposed to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences in tribute to Queen Victoria's deceased consort, Prince Albert. It forms the practical part of a national memorial to the Prince Consort – the decorative part is the Albert Memorial directly to the north in Kensington Gardens, now separated from the Hall by the road Kensington Gore.
The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. The memorial was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style. Opened in July 1872 by Queen Victoria, with the statue of Albert ceremonially seated in 1875, the memorial consists of an ornate canopy or pavilion, in the style of a Gothic ciborium over the high altar of a church, containing a statue of the prince facing south. The memorial is 176 feet (54 m) tall, took over ten years to complete, and cost £120,000 (the equivalent of about £10,000,000 in 2010). The cost was met by public subscription.
O Royal Albert Hall (em português, Salão Real Alberto) é um salão de espetáculos em South Kensington, Londres, capital do Reino Unido, com capacidade para quase 6.000 pessoas. Foi inaugurado a 29 de Março de 1871 pela rainha Vitória, em memória do seu falecido consorte Alberto de Saxe-Coburgo-Gota.[1] [2]
O edifício, caracterizado por uma abóbada de vidro, foi desenhado pelo capitão Francis Fowke e o coronel H.Y. Darracott Scott, que optaram pelo uso do tijolo em terracota. Esta preferência arquitectónica é característica da era vitoriana e está presente, por exemplo, no Museu de História Natural de Londres.
Desde sua inauguração, o Royal Albert Hall tem sido utilizado para eventos culturais e desportivos, com concertos ou espectáculos musicais. Os britânicos do Led Zeppelin apresentaram-se no dia 9 de janeiro de 1970, no auge da carreira e com o hard rock correndo em suas veias, mostram um dos seus melhores shows ao vivo, e ja mostravam o que seria o rock and roll que influenciaria muitas bandas posteriores.Outra lenda da música que passou pelo Royal , foi David Gilmour
apresentando o show Remember That Night. A banda de rock alternativo de Las Vegas, The Killers fez dois shows nos dias 5 e 6 de julho de 2009 no Albert Hall para a gravação do DVD Live From The Royal Albert Hall, que vem acompanhado de um CD e foi lançado no dia 9 de novembro do mesmo ano. A cantora e atriz britânica Sarah Brightman gravou um DVD chamado In Concert - Live Royal Albert Hall com temas famosos de músicais em 1997, contando com a participação da Orquestra Sinfonica de Londres, Andrea Bocelli e Andrew Lloyd Webber. Em 2004 foi a vez de Rod Stewart, conhecido por sua voz áspera e rouca, grava um DVD intitulado Rod Stewart - One Night Only (Live at Royal Albert Hall 2004), o espetáculo conta com participações especiais com destaque para cantora Amy Belle no sucesso I Don't Want to Talk About It de Steward em um bellissimo dueto. A banda The Corrs formada pelos irmãos Andrea Corr, Sharon Corr, Caroline Corr e Jim Corr também marcaram presença gravando o DVD live at Royal Alber hall em 17 de março de 1998. O músico Noel Gallagher também tem bastante história no Royal Albert Hall, onde gravou o MTV Unplugged pela banda britânica Oasis, e onde também gravou o álbum The Dreams We Have As Children, no Teenage Cancer Trust de 2007, participando também em 2010. Foi também palco para o Concert For George em 2002, em homenagem a um ano de falecimento do ex-beatle, George Harrison, que contou com a participação dos também, ex-beatles, Paul McCartney e Ringo Starr, e no dia 21 de setembro de 2011 o álbum de vídeo Live at The Royal Albert Hall da cantora Adele foi gravado neste mesmo lugar. Outra grande apresentação no Royal Albert Hall foi da cantora italiana Laura Pausini que semanas antes do show lotou o espaço com capacidade máxima.
Albert Memorial in London - Places to Visit in London
Among the different memorials which you could come across in London while touring this beautiful city, Albert Memorial is on the list and is one of the most important, which is situated in Kensington Gardens, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall.
Albert Memorial was first commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert, who died back in 1861. This memorial was opened afterwards in 1872 and it was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style. The main part of this memorial is the statue of Prince Albert who is seated in the middle and which was placed in 1876. The memorial consists of an ornate canopy or pavilion in a style of a Gothic ciborium over the high alter of a church, containing the statue of the prince which is facing the south.
Among the interesting facts related to building this memorial, one is the amount of time it took them to build it which actually took 10 years. Albert Memorial is 176 feet tall and it actually cost £120,000, which is a huge number.
When Prince Albert died when he was only 42 years old, the government and even the public life thought about making a memorial for him and they didn't decide on it until Queen Victoria said that she want it a memorial in the common sense of the word. From this point, the work on finding a design that could be approved by the Queen started and funds were raised for that purpose until she finally accepted one to be brought into the real life world.
Albert Memorial in Kensingston Gardens - the one we visited - is said to not be the only one to be found across the United Kingdom and it is also believed that it was not the earliest one, but there is another Albert Memorial in Manchester city which was erected by Thomas Worthington and which is also very similar to the one in Kengsinton Gardens, placing the Prince Albert in a Gothic ciborium.
Until this day, people don't even know whether one artist was actually influenced by the design of the other, or else every single one of them was creative enough to design the memorial independently and ending up being similar by coincidence.
Every single step and part of creating Albert Memorial took its time and some were even rejected by either the architect and designer or else by the queen. One of these is the statue of Prince Albert which was first given to Baron Carlo Marochetti, who was a favorite sculptor of Queen Victoria, but his first statue was rejected by Sir George Gilbert Scott and the second version was not completed because Marochetti died. The statue was then done by John Henry Foley and was eventually approved by the Queen.
Knowing the stories behind the statues, memorials and even the museums and buildings which you pass by during your visit to a specific city, always manage to make the whole thing more interesting and actually attracts lots of tourists to know more and ask more questions about the whole place.
We believe that Albert Memorial is one of the places in London city that needs to be paid more attention to, because of the reason behind its appearance and also for the different steps it went through to be build and for us to see this whole thing in front of our eyes today.
There are lots of other places which we should also check while being there and of course Kensington Gardens is the top since Albert Memorial is actually located in it ( but there is also the Kensington Palace ( and the Royal Albert Hall ( which are both part of the whole story and will complete this tour in the same area.
These are not the only attractions to be found in London, but there are also other touristic places which we should recommend at this point. Those which we have already been to and would like to put in this list, there is Hay's Galleria which provides beautiful views over the city of London ( there is also Westminster Pier which is so close to Big Ben ( there is the South Bank in the central of the city which is known to be famous with art, entertainment and culture ( and there are lots of other places to be visited and different things to be done in this city which their interest will differ from on person to the other.
For those who are crazy about memorials and statues, visiting Albert Memorial is one of the things they will definitely enjoy and these people could also visit the one in Manchester city and do the needed comparisons as well; they would definitely find it one of the interesting things in this city.
Have you ever seen Albert Memorial in the real life? What did you like the most about it all?
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Just taking a walk about the Kensington area in London in this vid, I visit the gardens and see the Albert Memorial, all in all, a great time.
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Kensington:
Kensington is a district within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. The north east is taken up by Kensington Gardens, once private as the name suggests, but today a public park which has Italian and Dutch gardens, public buildings such as the Albert Memorial, the Serpentine Gallery and Speke's monument.
Albert Memorial:
The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert who died oftyphoid in 1861. The memorial was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style. Opened in July 1872 by Queen Victoria, with the statue of Albert ceremonially seated in 1875,
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This gigantic bejeweled shrine protects the gilt bronze sculpture of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, which was designed and executed after the Prince Consort's death in 1861.
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UK: LONDON: QUEEN REOPENS NEWLY RESTORED ALBERT MEMORIAL (2)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday night officially reopened a monument commemorating one of the Royal family's great love stories - the Albert Memorial.
In a lavish ceremony watched by large crowds, she unveiled the gold leafed statue of her great-great Grandfather, Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert.
The event marked the end of a four-year restoration project.
The streets around the Albert Memorial were packed, as crowds gathered to see the Queen and watch the unveiling.
It's the first time the statue has been restored to its original gold colour in more than 80 years.
The gothic-style memorial, which stands across the road from the Royal Albert Hall in central London, is now in better condition than when it was first built in 1867.
The statue, which is three-times life-size, had its gold leaf removed in 1915.
Back then, it was blackened - supposedly to stop it shining in the moonlight and allowing German Zeppelins to target their bombs on nearby Kensington Palace.
The whole memorial was in urgent need of restoration, as design faults had allowed rainwater to penetrate its iron core, undermining the structure.
It was declared unsafe in 1983 when a large piece of lead cornice fell to the ground, and it was covered in scaffolding for eight years.
Some 17 (M) million U-S dollars later, the Victorian Gothic edifice, with a re-gilded 14-foot-high statue of the prince at its centre, emerged in all its splendour.
The memorial features mosaics and statues celebrating the arts, science and industry and reflects the great work Albert did as a patron.
The golden statue itself shows the German-born Prince seated in his garter robes, holding a catalogue of the Great Exhibition of 1851 - his greatest achievement.
Declaring the restoration work a triumph, the Queen spoke warmly of the Prince, who was Queen Victoria's adviser and mentor as well as her husband, until his untimely death in 1861 at the age of only 42.
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I am delighted the Albert memorial has been so lovingly and generously saved and all who pass by can see him again, as those who knew and loved him best, wished him to be remembered.
SUPER CAPTION: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
With a flourish of trumpets, the statue was unveiled - fireworks exploded across the sky to herald its renaissance.
Fittingly, the Prince Albert memorial stands on the edge of Hyde Park, overlooking a part of London forever associated with Albert.
The area to the south of the park, containing the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Natural History and Science Museums, and Imperial College of Science, was farmland when the 1851 Great Exhibition was held.
With the profits of the Exhibition, the land was bought and Albertopolis was created, a centre of the arts, science and technology named after their great champion.
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BBC Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, 2018 | BBC One (10.11.2018)
BBC Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, 2018 | BBC One (10.11.2018)
Huw Edwards presents the Royal British Legion's annual Festival of Remembrance from the Royal Albert Hall in London. In the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and members of the royal family, Sir Tom Jones, Sheridan Smith, Sir Bryn Terfel, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Kingdom Choir perform alongside the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the Band of HM Royal Marines.
On the eve of the centenary of the Armistice, the event is a tribute to the remarkable generation who contributed to the First World War.
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Performer Tom Jones
Performer Sheridan Smith
Performer Bryn Terfel
Performer Tom Fletcher
Performer Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Performer Danny Jones
Performer The Kingdom Choir
Music Group The Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Music Group The Band of HM Royal Marines
Editor Claire Popplewell
Executive Producer Joanne Vaughan-Jones
Producer Rosheen Archer
Director Bridget Caldwell
Travel London, United Kingdom - Royal Albert Hall in London (UK)
Take a tour of Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions series by GeoBeats.
It is one of the most famous centers of arts and entertainment in the United Kingdom.
The Royal Albert Hall was built in 1871 at Prince Albert's proposal.
Sadly he died before its completion, and to remember him, a memorial was integrated in the original design.
It has been home to many of the most famous musicians of the 20th century.
The exterior of the hall features paintings depicting The Triumph of Arts and Sciences.
The Royal Albert Hall is one of the best places in London for concerts, plays or dances.
Scene VII - 1897 - Britain's Glory: Finale: Britannia - The Albert Memorial - God Save The Queen
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