Memorials to visit United Kingdom

Located south of Kensington Gardens, opposite the Royal Albert Hall, this neo-Gothic memorial was commissioned by Queen Victoria to commemorate her husband and great love Prince Albert of Saxony Coburg Gotha. It measures almost 50 meters and was completed in 1872. A gilded statue depicts Albert holding a catalog from the 1851 Universal Exhibition. The Kensington district, also known as Albertopolis, owes a great deal to Prince Albert, who thought up and supported the creation of the world's greatest museums, including the famous Victoria & Albert Museum.

April 16, 1746 marked the end of the last Jacobite revolution and hopes for the Stuart dynasty to regain the throne of Scotland. After threatening to take London, Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops retreat to the Highlands where they are pursued by the Duke of Cumberland's men. The two armies meet on the plain of Culloden, and the Scots are outnumbered to win. Their defeat is total after one hour and Charles is forced to flee. It's a must if you're passionate about Scottish history.

Museum area: It tells the story of the battle from both points of view, with period objects in support. It thus retraces everything one might want to know about this major event in national history, with reconstitution films and a great deal of information on the ins and outs of the battle. Ultra modern, it offers a 360-degree immersion theatre of combat.

Open Access: The battlefield is visible (but not accessible) in open access, as is the Leanach Cottage, which has been open for visitation since it reopened to visitors in 2019. This traditional thatched cottage built in the 18th century was still inhabited in 1912. It has been restored and has become a free temporary exhibition space.

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An Anglo-Jamaican, Mary Seacole (1805-1881) was a nurse by vocation. Although she is best known for having traveled the Caribbean, treating the most destitute populations, she is most famous and respected for her commitment to the Crimean War. After being refused a place on a team of white nurses organized by Florence Nightingale, she decided to join the Crimean front on her own initiative during the war of 1854. It was a decision that precipitated her impoverishment, forcing her to stay in the Crimea longer than she had planned. Although she was a contemporary of nurse Florence Nightingale, and just as famous as the latter in her day, Mary Seacole has been forgotten by history. Her story, which nonetheless commands respect, is a crying illustration of the importance of the intersectionality of struggles. In London, it wasn't until 2016 and the erection of this statue in the gardens of St. Thomas's Hospital that a black woman was represented in public space. In front of Westminster Palace, Mary Seacole is shown walking into the wind, right fist clenched, medicine bag on her back, in a posture combining power and humility. The statue is 4.9 m high and made of bronze. On her back is a large bronze disk, symbolizing the land on which Mary Seacole had set up her treatment center in the Crimea.

This memorial garden is dedicated to the memory of the members of the IRA. The site hosts a rough stone fountain and benches for meditation. One of the significant events of the clashes in the neighborhood is recounted with the engraving of a woman defying curfew and bringing back food. It is important to know that every inhabitant in West Belfast has a strong family history with a member of the IRA or a political prisoner. The atmosphere here is reflected in the more than 20 memorials, plaques and gardens.