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Historical Publications - Historic Buildings
We talk about various places of interest that lovers of old buildings can visit.
Queen Victoria's Visit to Cliveden
Cliveden, Taplow, has long-standing links with the Royal Family. It was the place where Meghan Markle stayed the night before her marriage to Prince Harry and has been visited by nearly every monarch since George I over the years. It was also the backdrop to…
Queen Victoria’s Visit to Cliveden
Cliveden, Taplow, has long-standing links with the Royal Family. It was the place where Meghan Markle stayed the night before her marriage to Prince Harry and has been visited by nearly every monarch since George I over the years. It was also the backdrop to some defining events in English history such as the Profumo affair. There have been three houses on this site, the first two destroyed by fire in 1795 and 1849. The present Grade I…
Queen Victoria’s visit to the Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles was the main royal residence of France from 1682 until 1789 and is located around 12 miles southwest of the centre of Paris.[2]It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, notable especially for the ceremonial Hall of Mirrors, the…
Queen Victoria’s visit to the Palace of Versailles
About Versailles The Palace of Versailles was the main royal residence of France from 1682 until 1789 and is located around 12 miles southwest of the centre of Paris.[2]It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, notable especially for the ceremonial Hall of Mirrors, the jewel-like Royal Opera, and the royal apartments as well as the vast Gardens of Versailles with fountains, canals, and geometric flower beds and groves. Why did Versailles…
