Victoria Tower by cfulton
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The Palace of Westminster features three main towers. Of these, the largest and tallest is the 98.5-metre (323 ft) Victoria Tower, which occupies the south-western corner of the Palace. Called "King's Tower" at the time, in honour of the then-reigning monarch, William IV, the tower was an integral part of Barry's original design, of which he intended it to be the most memorable element. The architect conceived the great square tower as the keep of a legislative "castle" (echoing his selection of the portcullis as his identifying mark in the planning competition), and used it as the royal entrance to the Palace and as a fireproof repository for the archives of Parliament. The Victoria Tower was re-designed several times, and its height increased progressively; upon its completion in 1858, it was the tallest secular building in the world.
At the base of the tower is the Sovereign's Entrance, used by the monarch whenever entering the Palace to open Parliament or for other state occasions.
~ Wikipedia ~
This was taken from Lambeth Bridge (at low tide!).
Clive
Comments (17)
doing the lambeth walk
Wonderful picture of London.
Superb capture Clive. God Bless.
Superb Clive...iconic.
Very nice angle for this shot, works very well!
Super capture!!!
Very cool shot
What a beauty of a shot; so much wonderful detail on this building!
I love the detail of all the fancy bits. Wonderful image!
A superb clear shot of these London must sees Clive.
Interesting story with realy good photo.
Excellent!
It doesn't matter fro which angle you look at it, or how far away, this is one of the few instantly recognisably buildings in the world! Actually beautiful in sunlight! Shame its full of wasters.... Fabulous shot Clive! Rob
Xcellent photograph!
Super. I thank you for this one. 5+!
wonderful!!! love the colours!
An excellent POV and photo. Also wonderful information. I love to learn something new every day!