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Piccadilly Circus, UK

Page history last edited by monica.b 13 years, 2 months ago

 

 Piccadilly Circus is one of the most famous public square of London. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street, which was under the planning of John Nash on the site of a house belonging to Lady Hutton, with the greatest shopping street Piccadilly.

The name “Piccadilly” originated from 17th century frilled collars named piccadil and a famous tailor named Roger Baker which produced piccadils lived in the area while the name “Circus” was taken from Latin and refers to a roundabout around which the traffic circulated.

Piccadilly is a very accessible place in fact is perfectly connected with the rest of the city thanks to a metropolitan station which was opened for the first time on 10 March 1906 on the Bakerloo Line, and on the Piccadilly Line in December of the same year. Because of increasing traffic in 1928 the station was enlarged and this changed the appearance of the square.

 

 

At the center of this area there is the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, built in 1893 to celebrate Lord Shaftesbury a philanthropist know for helping poor people.  Todady the fountain is become a meeting point especially for young people and tourists to eat, drink, socialize and to enjoy the beauty of the square.

 

 

Piccadilly is also know because it’s surrounded by illuminated advertising on a  buildings on the northern side of the square. The first advertisement appeared on 1910 and today  is a symbol of London like Buckingham Palace, The London Eye or Big Ben.

 

 

 

 

 

Monica Basile

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