Sunday, February 6, 2011

Belgravia and Chelsea

Marina Hinojosa Baquedano 1BAT A

Belgravia and Chelsea are districts of central London.
Belgravia is noted for its immensely expensive residential properties, it is one of the wealthiest districts in the world. And Chelsea is famous for the Chelsea Football Club and because from 1900, and until the creation of Greater London in 1965, it formed the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea in London.

Harrods is a high-end department store located on Brompton Road, a street in Knightsbridge district.
Harrods founder was Charles Henry Harrod, it starts as a little and simple shop, but as time goes by, the small shop turned into a big shopping center famous around the world where you can find a wide range of products and services like clothing for every sort of customer, electronics, jewellery, sporting gear, pets and pet accessories, toys, food and drink, health and beauty items, packaged gifts, housewares, home appliances, furniture, and much more.

The Memorial Albert is a pavilion containing a statue of the prince, work of George Gilbert Scott. It is located in London and it is oriented to the Royal Albert Hall. It was constructed after the celebration of a contest in which the statue was decided that recalled to the prince died in 1861. It is of neogothic style. In the monument there are 169 sculptures of representative personages of the continents African, Asian, European and American incorporated in the corners of the design, as well as allegories of agriculture, crafts, engineering and commerce, and references to some legend.

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design. The University is located in South Kensington and Battersea in London.
Was founded in 1837, and was known as the Government School of Design. And after 130 years in operation, the Royal College of Art was granted its Royal Charter in 1967, which gave it the status of an independent university with the power to grant its own degrees.

1 comment:

  1. Maria, you are not supposed to give so much information about yourself (only first name and the first letter of your surname!!) Anyway, good work!!

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