Green Park
Green Park (officially The Green Park , English for "The Green Park") is one of the royal parks in London . The park lies between Hyde Park in the west and St. James's Park in the east. Together with Kensington Gardens , these parks form a four-kilometer-long strip of green in central London, interrupted only by a few streets .
history
Green Park was originally a swampy burial ground for lepers. In 1668 King Charles II released deer here so that the area could serve as a hunting area. He named the green area Upper St. James Park , had it bordered with a brick wall and built an ice house so that fresh ice would also be available in summer. The famous fireworks music by the composer Georg Friedrich Händel was premiered in Green Park. It was composed to accompany the gigantic fireworks display on the occasion of the Peace of Aachen , which was concluded in October 1748 to end the War of the Austrian Succession . However, due to the damp weather, the fireworks did not go off. To make matters worse, part of the stage construction caught fire. Merely Handel's music did not turn the festival into a fiasco. At that time Green Park was on the outskirts of London and was notorious for robberies and duels until the 18th century . Even after that, it was dangerous for a long time - as in the first attempt on Queen Victoria in 1840.
Monuments
In contrast to the neighboring parks, the Green Park had no statues, fountains or lakes until 2012, but consisted exclusively of a meadow with numerous trees. Since 2012, the Memorial of the RAF Bomber Command , the Lady Diana Fountain and the Canada Fountain as well as the statue of Artemis at the entrance to the Green Park underground station have been located here. Canada Gate, which was built as part of the Victoria Memorial at the beginning of the 20th century, is also close to Buckingham Palace. The park is bordered to the north by Piccadilly Street and to the south by Constitution Hill (with Buckingham Palace on the opposite side).
Green Park underground station
At the northeast corner of the triangular park is the London Underground station Green Park , where trains on the Jubilee Line , Piccadilly Line and Victoria Line stop.
literature
- Dieter Hennebo, Sigrit Wagner, History of urban greenery in England from the early grasslands to public parks in the 18th century, (History of urban greenery vol. 3), Hanover 1977
- Robert Schediwy, Franz Baltzarek, Green in the Big City - History and Future of European Parks with Special Consideration of Vienna , Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-85063-125-7
Web links
- Park administration information
- Practical information about the Green Park
- London Underground Station Green Park
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Fire Music" with drizzle on www.swr.de
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 15 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 37 ″ W.