The Victoria Tower
by Adrian Evans
Title
The Victoria Tower
Artist
Adrian Evans
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Art
Description
The Victoria Tower is the tallest tower in the Palace of Westminster. Named after Queen Victoria, it was for many years the tallest and largest stone square tower in the world, with a height of 98.5 metres (325 feet).
The tower was originally designed as a royal entrance and a repository for the records of Parliament, and is now home to the Parliamentary Archives.
On top of the tower is an iron flagstaff. From here either the Royal Standard (if the Sovereign is present in the Palace) or the Union flag is flown.
At the base of the tower is the Sovereign's Entrance, which is used by the Queen whenever entering the Palace. The steps leading from there to the Norman Porch are known as the Royal Staircase and are the start of the processional route taken by the Queen. By tradition, this route is the only one the Sovereign is allowed to take when he or she comes to the House of Lords. The Norman Porch is so called, because it was originally intended to house statues of the Norman kings.
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February 6th, 2016
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Comments (20)
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Jeffrey Miklush
Congratulations, your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a Feature on the home page of the Amateur Photographers – 1 per Day Limit group !!
Linda Covino
STUNNING!!! did you have to get down on your back and shot up? L/F
Adrian Evans replied:
thank you, haha no just pointed the camera up and took a few shots for the vertorama
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