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Palace In London In 1851: And at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry, held in rhe Crystal Palace in London in 1851, Americans won three of the five medals awarded for daguerreotypes. Horace Greeley, editor of the New %rk Tribune, wrote from London: "In Daguerreotypes it seems to be conceded that we beat the world,, where excellence and cheapness is both considered—^ all events, England is no where in comparison—and out}In 1851 the Crystal Palace was built in London to house the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, an event under the patronage and active participation of Prince Albert. The profits were immense--equivalent to about [pounds sterling]10 million in today's money--and it was decided to continue the commercial and creative impetus by building a campus devoted to the arts, industry, and science.
On Tiananmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace) Square in the heart of China's capital city, Beijing, stands the was the royal residence from the time Whitehall burned down (1698) to the accession of Queen Victoria. It is now set aside for conferences and The Great Kremlin Palace, built from 1838 to 1849 as a royal residence by Konstantin Thon and once used for Soviet Union is connected to the Armory (Oruzheynaya) Palace, built by the same architect from 1844 to 1851. The word palace derives from the Palatine Hill in Rome, where the emperors built their residences. The first palaces were built for the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (16th c BC). |
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