London Unanchor Travel Guide - London for Free :: Three-Day Tour by Hitchon Bobbi Lee

Author:Hitchon, Bobbi Lee [Hitchon, Bobbi Lee]
Language: rus
Format: epub
Publisher: Unanchor.com
Published: 2013-05-26T21:00:00+00:00

To view the map in Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/OAhXd.

Marble Arch

Price: Free

Address: Oxford Street

*You'll see Marble Arch from Speakers' Corner. It's across the street slightly to your left.*

Designed by John Nash, who also designed Trafalgar Square and St. James's Park, which we'll visit tomorrow, the original purpose of Marble Arch when it was built in 1833 was as a ceremonial entrance to Buckingham Palace, which Nash was also designing at the time. However, the palace later closed itself in with black and gold gates, so Marble Arch was deconstructed and moved to its current location in 1851. Nash was inspired by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Originally only members of the royal family, the Kings Troop and Royal Artillery were allowed to walk under this Marble Arch, so it's quite special for the public to be able to do so today.

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