- Queen Victoria's memorial

Queen Victoria's memorial

The Victoria Memorial is a monument located in front of London's main entrance gates of Buckingham Palace at the west end of the Mall.

It was made in 1911 by the sculptor Thomas Brock, in honor of Queen Victoria. Its height is 25m. And 2 300 tonnes of white marble were needed for its construction.

The architect Aston Webb was involved in developing it.

At the top of the monument, there is a statue of the Winged Victory with two seated statues, representing courage and perseverance, all in gilded bronze.

A large marble statue of Queen Victoria faces the Mall. The other three sides are occupied by: the "Angel of Justice",

the" Angel of Truth and "Charity"in face of Buckingham Palace. Below, we see bows of boats, referring to the naval power of Britain.

Sea gods (mermaids and mermen) are in the outer surface of the wall. Groups of bronze sculptures are placed on this wall:

They represent on one side Peace and Progress, on the other, Industry and Agriculture. At the bottom of the stairs, two groups of magnificent bronze lions.