Erection date: 1998
Ugo Foscolo, 1778 - 1827, Italian poet and patriot, lived here, 1817 - 1818.
English Heritage
W8, Edwardes Square, 19
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Ugo Foscolo
Poet and patriot. Born Niccolò Foscolo on the island of Zakynthos, which was ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Ugo Foscolo
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
Alexander Pope, 1688 - 1744, poet, lived in this row, Mawson's Buildings, 1716 - 1719. English Heritage
Eugen Sandow, 1867 - 1925, body builder and promoter of physical culture, lived and died here. English Heritage
The Latin quote is from the Roman poet Horace's Odes and translates roughly as "It is sweet and right to die for your country."
The plaque can be seen to the lower right of our photo. We have put the text of a nearby information board onto our page for the Palace.
This gate leads into a much overgrown graveyard which contains a modern information board: "St Leonard’s Priory was founded in the 11th ...
Guitarist, singer and songwriter. Born at 6 Denmark Terrace, Fortis Green, Muswell Hill. One of the founder members of the rock group The Kinks. After the group disbanded he pursued a solo career. ...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them