Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England.It has been a residence of the British royal family since the 17th century, and is currently the official London residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and Prince and …

Der Kensington Palace (deutsch „Kensington-Palast“) ist ein Bauwerk, das von Mitgliedern der britischen Königsfamilie genutzt wird. Der Palast liegt an den Kensington Gardens im Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.. Bau und Geschichte. Das von Sir Christopher Wren umgestaltete Schloss war früher ein privater Landsitz und wurde im Jahr 1689 von Maria …

Kensington Palace Gardens is an exclusive street in Kensington, west of central London, near Kensington Gardens and Kensington Palace.Entered through gates at either end and guarded by sentry boxes, it was the location of the London Cage, the British government MI19 centre used during the Second World War and the Cold War.Several foreign diplomatic missions are …

South Kensington is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton. Its name was supplanted with the advent of the railways in the late 19th century and the opening (and shutting) and naming of local tube stations. The area has many museums and cultural …

Historia. W początkach XVII wieku w Kensington powstała rezydencja hrabiów Nottingham.W 1689 stała się własnością Wilhelma III Orańskiego, który potrzebował siedziby z dala od miasta ze względu na dokuczającą mu astmę.. Pałac został przebudowany przez Christophera Wrena.Przez następne siedemdziesiąt lat, do śmierci króla Jerzego II Hanowerskiego w 1760 roku, pałac ...

Kensington High Street is the main shopping street in Kensington, London, England.The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.. Kensington High Street is the continuation of Kensington Road and part of the A315.It starts by the entrance to Kensington Palace and runs westward through central Kensington. Near Kensington …

Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, are among the Royal Parks of London.The gardens are shared by the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and sit immediately to the west of Hyde Park, in western central London.The gardens cover an area of 107 hectares (265 acres). The open spaces of …

Der Palace of Westminster (auch Westminster Palace), deutsch Westminsterpalast, ist der Sitz des britischen Parlaments in London, das aus dem House of Commons (Unterhaus) und dem House of Lords (Oberhaus) besteht. Der monumentale, zwischen 1840 und 1870 überwiegend im neugotischen Stil errichtete Gebäudekomplex wird auch als Houses of Parliament oder New …

Kensington (Olympia) is a combined rail and tube station in Kensington, on the edge of Central London.Services are provided by London Overground, who manage the station, along with Southern and London Underground.It is in Travelcard Zone 2.On the Underground it is the terminus of a short District line branch from Earl's Court, originally built as part of the Middle …

The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.Informally known as the Houses of Parliament, the Palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London, England.. Its name, which derives from the neighbouring …