Victoria Tower

Victoria Tower is a monument in , , erected in honor of a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the island in 1846.
Wikipedia
Photo: Unukorno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monument in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
  • Also known as: “Victoria Commemorative Tower” and “Victoria Tower, Guernsey”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Priaulx Library and Candie Cemetery.

Library
Photo: Manxruler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , located in St Peter Port, , contains the island's principal collection of local and family history. is situated 130 metres northeast of Victoria Tower.

Cemetery
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a public cemetery in St Peter Port, .

Garden
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a park in St Peter Port, , originally established as a Victorian pleasure gardens in 1894. is situated 180 metres east of Victoria Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Peter Port and St Andrew.

Town
Photo: Alistair Young, CC BY 2.0.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the . Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint Andrew is located in the centre of and as such is the only parish on the island to be landlocked. As it is customary to list the parishes round the coast, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, starting with St Peter Port, is usually the last parish to be mentioned in such a list.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the . Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France. is situated 2½ km south of Victoria Tower.

Victoria Tower

Latitude
49.45821° or 49° 27′ 30″ north
Longitude
-2.54282° or 2° 32′ 34″ west
Inception
1848
Open location code
8CXVFF54+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 420020696
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Wiki­data ID
Q7927092
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Hebrew—“Victoria Tower” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “維多利亞塔 (根西)”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞塔”
  • Dutch: “Victoria Tower”
  • French: “Tour Victoria”
  • German: “Victoria Tower”
  • Greek: “Πύργος της Βικτωρίας”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל ויקטוריה (גרנזי)”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל ויקטוריה”

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