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| Albert Memorial |
| The Albert Memorial, opposite the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens, is a memorial to Prince Albert, the beloved consort of Queen Victoria. Completed in 1875, it was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Sir George Gilbert Scott. |
| The centrepiece of the memorial is a bronze statue of Prince Albert sitting studiously on a throne, newly gilt after a £11 million restoration was completed by English Heritage in 1998. |
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South Kensington and Queensway. |
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9, 10, 52, 360 and 452 go along Kensington Gore. |
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The memorial was built during the high-water mark of the British Empire, exemplified by the marble sculptures on the four corners representing the imperial colonies of Asia, America, Africa and Europe. |
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