Brush up on your History of the Marble Arch

There are many sources that can feed you as much information as you want to read when it comes to the famous Marble Arch London, if you are looking for a bit of history and some true facts then you should read on. When it comes to writing facts each individual one should be clearly stated and easy to view, so here are my facts and my history of the Marble Arch.

•    The Marble Arch is a 19th century centre piece and famous London landmark.
•    The Structure was designed by a popular architect at the time named John Nash, he started the designing in 1827 and this was going to be the entrance of Buckingham Palace.
•    This work of art has been relocated several times, firstly in 1851, and to it’s final resting place of Park Lane in the 1960’s.
•    This is an arch that was made to be used by Royals and to this day still is, it is only guards men of the royal family and the Royals themselves that are actually permitted to walk through the arch.
•    The local tube station and the south of Edgware Road are both named after The Marble Arch.
•    The design off the arch is a contrast between the Arch of Constantine in Rome and Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel located in Paris.
•    It was originally planned that the Arch would have a bronze statue of King George IV positioned on top. The Arch never saw the statue, as construction was cut short on 1930 due to the death of King George IV.
•    King William IV tried to off load the Arch (after King Georges death) to parliament.
•    The work continued in 1832 and it took 12 months to complete the construction.
•    Parts of the unused sculpture were used at Buckingham Palace and the National Gallery.
•    The statue of King George IV that never made it to the top of the arch was installed onto a pedestal in Trafalgar Square.
•    The marble of the arch was once white, due to the sun and pollution it has changed shades over the years.

These are the true facts and historical pointers of the Marble Arch, if you want to get genera information there is so much of it available in the internet, but if you want true facts about the Arch then you should check out proper sources. Once you know the history you will be able to stand in the presence of the Marble Arch with a little more appreciation and no doubt your perception of the Arch will have changed, where it might have once seemed pointless, knowing that it is exclusive to the Royal Family makes it seem even more significant, not only to you and me but to the surrounding area also.

There are many sources that can feed you as much information as you want to read when it comes to the famous Marble Arch London, if you are looking for a bit of history and some true facts then you should read on. When it comes to writing facts each individual one should be clearly stated and easy to view, so here are my facts and my history of the Marble Arch.

· The Marble Arch is a 19th century centre piece and famous London landmark.

· The Structure was designed by a popular architect at the time named John Nash, he started the designing in 1827 and this was going to be the entrance of Buckingham Palace.

· This work of art has been relocated several times, firstly in 1851, and to it’s final resting place of Park Lane in the 1960’s.

· This is an arch that was made to be used by Royals and to this day still is, it is only guards men of the royal family and the Royals themselves that are actually permitted to walk through the arch.

· The local tube station and the south of Edgware Road are both named after The Marble Arch.

· The design off the arch is a contrast between the Arch of Constantine in Rome and Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel located in Paris.

· It was originally planned that the Arch would have a bronze statue of King George IV positioned on top. The Arch never saw the statue, as construction was cut short on 1930 due to the death of King George IV.

· King William IV tried to off load the Arch (after King Georges death) to parliament.

· The work continued in 1832 and it took 12 months to complete the construction.

· Parts of the unused sculpture were used at Buckingham Palace and the National Gallery.

· The statue of King George IV that never made it to the top of the arch was installed onto a pedestal in Trafalgar Square.

· The marble of the arch was once white, due to the sun and pollution it has changed shades over the years.

These are the true facts and rea historical pointers of the Marble Arch, if you want to get genera information there is so much of it available in the internet, but if you want true facts about the Arch then you should check out proper sources. Once you know the history you will be able to stand in the presence of the Marble Arch with a little more appreciation and no doubt your perception of the Arch will have changed, where it might have once seemed pointless, knowing that it is exclusive to the Royal Family makes it seem even more significant, not only to you and me but to the surrounding area also.

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