Queen Victoria Monument
Wellington's Queen Victoria Monument is an early 20th-century statue of Queen Victoria by British sculptor Alfred Drury. Copied after Drury's earlier 1903 Portsmouth statue, Victoria is depicted standing triumphantly in her Robe of State and widow's cap, holding a royal scepter and orb.Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: statue in Wellington, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Queen Victoria Monument, Wellington”, “Queen Victoria statue”, “Statue of Queen Victoria”, and “Statue of Queen Victoria, Wellington”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of New Zealand and Embassy Theatre.
Museum of New Zealand
Museum
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa, it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery. Museum of New Zealand is situated 550 metres north of Queen Victoria Monument.
Embassy Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Jexiqua, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Embassy Theatre is a cinema in Wellington, New Zealand, located at the Eastern end of Courtenay Place in the shadow of Mount Victoria. Originally built in 1924, the building has undergone a series of remodellings and changes in ownership. Embassy Theatre is situated 140 metres northeast of Queen Victoria Monument.
Hannah Playhouse
Theater building
Photo: Quilt Phase, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hannah Playhouse is a theatre venue situated on the corner of Courtenay Place and Cambridge Terrace in central Wellington, New Zealand. The Hannah Playhouse was given by Sheilah Winn and named after her grandfather, Robert Hannah, a very successful businessman. Hannah Playhouse is situated 170 metres north of Queen Victoria Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Victoria and Te Aro.
Mount Victoria
Suburb
Photo: Jack Magnus McDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Victoria is a suburb of central Wellington, New Zealand, named after the 196 metres hill Mount Victoria to the east. Mount Victoria's residential area is on its north-western slopes.
Te Aro
Suburb
Photo: Frozen-Coke-Rocks, Public domain.
Te Aro is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It comprises the southern part of the central business district including the majority of the city's entertainment district and covers the mostly flat area of city between The Terrace and Cambridge Terrace at the base of Mount Victoria.
Oriental Bay
Suburb
Photo: Brett Taylor, CC BY 2.0.
Oriental Bay is a bay and suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Known for being both a popular beach and an opulent centre of affluence in the city, it is located close to the central business district on Wellington Harbour.
Queen Victoria Monument
- Categories: monument, statue, sculpture, and tourism
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.29523° or 41° 17′ 43″ southLongitude
174.78319° or 174° 46′ 60″ eastOpen location code
4VCPPQ3M+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 515161526OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q79312013
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