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Military architecture
Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples: elevated view of the two equestrian statues facing the Royal Palace
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NOTES The statue depicting Ferdinand I of Bourbon is by Antonio Canova.
Albert Memorial Clock Tower, Hastings: view of the town centre looking towards the castle on the hill
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NOTES: The Albert Memorial Clock Tower was built in 1864 by Edward Arthur Heffer, with sculpture by Edwin Stirling.
Ruins of Housesteads Roman fort (Vercovicium), Northumberland
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NOTES: The fort was established south of Hadrian's Wall in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
Ruins of Housesteads Roman fort (Vercovicium), Northumberland
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NOTES: The fort was established south of Hadrian's Wall in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
St Nicholas' Hospital, Queen's Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk: the arcaded courtyard elevation
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NOTES: Completed in 1811, this former Royal Navy hospital was designed by William Pilkington, Architect to the Navy Board, for casualties of the Napoleonic Wars.It was converted into flats by Kit Martin in the 1990s.
Horse Guards Parade, St James's Park, London
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SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. II, pl. 56 NOTES: Horse Guards was built in 1750-1759 by John Vardy and William Robinson to designs by William Kent.