Frieze of Parnassus
The Frieze of Parnassus is a large sculpted stone frieze encircling the podium, or base, of the Albert Memorial in London, England. The Albert Memorial was constructed in the 1860s in memory of Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: frieze encircling the base of the Albert Memorial, London
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Albert Memorial and Royal Albert Hall.
Albert Memorial
Photo: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Albert Memorial is a Gothic Revival ciborium in Kensington Gardens, London, designed and dedicated to the memory of Prince Albert of Great Britain.
Royal Albert Hall
Theater building
Photo: Sandpiper, Public domain.
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. Royal Albert Hall is situated 520 feet south of Frieze of Parnassus.
Royal College of Art
University
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The Royal College of Art is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. Royal College of Art is situated 660 feet southwest of Frieze of Parnassus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knightsbridge and South Kensington.
Knightsbridge
Suburb
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Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.
South Kensington
Suburb
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South Kensington is a district at the West End of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton.
South Kensington-Chelsea
Photo: Peter Suranyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Kensington-Chelsea is a district of central London. It is one of the most densely populated places in London and most affluent areas in the world.
Frieze of Parnassus
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50242° or 51° 30′ 9″ northLongitude
-0.17769° or 0° 10′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C3XGR2C+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 690961188OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q5504472
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In Other Languages
“Frieze of Parnassus” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Fregio del Parnaso”
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