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Swiss National Tourist Office Zurich

Categories: Tourism / Traditions

Countries: Switzerland

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Swiss National Tourist Office Zurich

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Anglo-Swiss friendship

{On the large plaque:} On 15 April 1991, on the occasion of the 700th annive...

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Guy, Earl of Warwick

Guy, Earl of Warwick

We were disappointed to find that Wikipedia considers Guy to be "a legendary English hero". Or he may be the very real Richard Neville, the king-making earl of Warwick.

Person, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial
Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

Named not for its own two towers but for the nearby, pre-existing Tower of London. Tower Bridge was designed by Horace Jones, the City Architect, in collaboration with the engineer, John Wolfe Barr...

Building, Tourism / Traditions, Transport

5 memorials
Cornish Gorsedd

Cornish Gorsedd

The Gorsedh is a non-political, non affiliated to any religion, non-profit-making organisation. It exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall, to promote the study of literature, ar...

Group, History, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial
London Stone

London Stone

Elizabeth I's occultist, John Dee, believed this stone had magic powers. Elsewhere you may read that it is connected to the Roman Brutus but that story was fabricated in 1862. The Museum of London ...

Building, Romans, Tourism / Traditions

2 memorials

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Lawrence Hall

Lawrence Hall

Built as an exhibition hall for the Royal Horticultural Society, initially called the New Hall. Architects: John Murray Easton and Howard Robertson.  An Art Deco building with interesting detailing...

Building, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials
Jane Punter

Jane Punter

Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this couple: Born Jane Rosser on 3 April 1910 in Senghenydd, Caerphilly, Wales, a daughter of David William Rosser and Annie Rosser, née Roberts. Th...

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
George Robinson, 1st  Marquess of Ripon

George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon

Born 10 Downing Street. Politician, son of Prime Minister, Frederick John Robinson. He served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death. Knighted 1869 and created 1st Marquess of Ripon in ...

Person, Politics & Administration, India

2 memorials
Clifford Culpin

Clifford Culpin

Son of architect Ewart Culpin.  Also designed Greenwich Town Hall.  RIBA vice-president.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Croydon Parish Church

Croydon Parish Church

It was first mentioned in a will of about 960 A.D. In its final medieval form, it was mainly a perpendicular-style structure of the late 14th and early 15th-century. It was gutted by fire in1867 an...

Building, Religion

1 memorial