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Coronation Arches
The Coronation Arches were a series of four steel arches erected over The Mall, London, for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The arches were designed by Eric Bedford. The tubular steel arches were floodlit and were adorned with metalwork crowns and golden cane fan-shaped designs. Sources describe them as being in height. In a House of Commons debate on 3 December 1953, Minister of Works Sir David Eccles announced that he was considering the arches' fate, and that they may be used in the rebuilding of the Palm House, Kew Gardens The Palm House is a large palm house in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, that specialises in growing arecaceae, palms and other tropical and subtropical plants. It was completed in 1848. Many of its plants are endangered or extinct in ... at the Royal Botanic Gardens. It was later decided that renovation was preferable to rebuilding, and this option was rejected. References {{coords, 51.5057, -0.1311, display=title C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mall London 1953
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
