Showing posts with label England GBR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label England GBR. Show all posts

3/01/2013

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Salisbury Cathedral


Submitted by: Page (from Orange County, CA, USA)

Country: United Kingdom
Sovereign state: England
City: Salisbury
Location: Salisbury Cathedral [map]
Status of building/structure since photo:

Salisbury Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral built between 1220 and 1258. It contains the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom, at 404 feet (123 meters), largest cloister and largest cathedral close in Britain at 80 acres (320,000 square meters), world's oldest working clock (since AD 1386) and has the best surviving of the four original copies of the Magna Carta.

2/04/2013

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Sherlock Holmes Museum


Submitted by: Page (from Orange County, CA, USA)

Country: United Kingdom
Sovereign state: England
City: London
Location: Sherlock Holmes Museum [map]
Status of building/structure since photo:

The Sherlock Holmes Museum in London is a privately-run museum dedicated to fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, and officially located at Holmes' fictional address, 221B Baker Street. Though Holmes is a fictional character, the museum's building is treated as if it were his real-life residence.

2/02/2013

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Buckingham Palace


Submitted by: Page (from Orange County, CA, USA)

Country: United Kingdom
Sovereign state: England
City: London
Location: Buckingham Palace [map]
Status of building/structure since photo:

Buckingham Palace is the official residence and workplace of the British monarch. Built in 1705, it gained its status as the primary royal residence in 1837, under Queen Victoria, and its last major remodel was after the Second World War, when parts of the complex were hit by a German bomb.

1/26/2013

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Tower of London


Submitted by: Page (from Orange County, CA, USA)

Country: United Kingdom
Sovereign state: England
City: London
Location: Tower of London [map]
Status of building/structure since photo:

The Tower of London is a historic castle founded in 1066 and built in 1078. It served many purposes in its history, most notably as a prison and execution site. Today, it is a UNESCO Heritage Site.

4/07/2012

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Big Ben



Submitted by: Page (from Orange County, CA, USA)

Country: United Kingdom
Sovereign state: England
City: London
Location: Big Ben [map]
Status of structure/location since photo:

Big Ben is located at the north end of the Palace of Westminster and is the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and the world's third-tallest free-standing clock tower; it was formerly the largest four-faced clock in the world. It was completed in 1858, built after a fire destroyed the old Palace of Westminster in 1834. It is renowned for its accuracy and reliability, having only one major breakdown in its history, in 1976.

12/06/2011

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: King's Cross Station



Submitted by: Dawn Rose (from Anaheim, CA, USA)

Country: United Kingdom
Sovereign state: England
City: London
Location: King's Cross Station [map]
Status since photo:

King's Cross Station is a railway station first opened in 1852 that acts as a transfer point between London Underground and National Rail lines, forming one of Britain's largest transportation hubs. In modern times, it is most famous for being the filming location for the Hogwarts Express' Platform 9¾ in the Harry Potter films. The station was originally intended to be the London hub of the Great Northern Railway. The main part of the station from 1852 is still being used today.

Person(s) in photo: photo submitter

9/21/2011

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Stonehenge



Submitted by: Jep983 (from London, England, UK)

Country: United Kingdom
Sovereign state: England
County: Wiltshire County
Location: Stonehenge [map]
Status since photo:

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument consisting of a collection of standing stones erected around 2500 BCE. It was used as a burial ground and a monument to identify seasons and time, and how it was constructed remains unknown. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.
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