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The
National Gallery, London, houses one of the greatest collections
of European painting in the world.
The Gallery looks down upon Trafalgar Square, dominating the north
side of the square.
The National Gallery houses more than 2000 European paintings from
the 13th century to 1900.
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The
Micro Gallery contains a free computerised database of all the paintings
so you can find any particular favourites you want to locate.
As with all Galleries there are always special exhibitions. The National
Gallery is free to enter, the special exhibitions normally are not.
The 16 rooms of the Sainsbury Wing hold an assortment of paintings
from 1260-1510 in chronological order. The West Wing takes care of
1510-1610 and includes by Michaelangelo. The North Wing span 1600-1700.
The East Wing takes you up to 1900 and attracts the most crowds with
works from Van Gogh, Renoir and Gainsborough among them.
Admission
Charges
Free -
Donations encouraged.
Some special exhibitions have an entrance fee.
Opening
Times :
10:00
to 18:00 (21:00 Wednesdays)
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Getting
to the National Gallery :
The National
Gallery sits on the north side of Trafalgar Square. This is officially
the centre of London, (where distances to places outside London are
measured from.
Charing Cross and Leicester Square Underground Stations are both about
5 minutes walk from Trafalgar Square |
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From
Trafalgar Square any direction will take you somewhere of interest.
South is Whitehall, Big Ben and Westminster. West is Buckingham Palace.
North and east are the west end theatre, shopping and restaurant districts.
The very popular hop
on, hop off London tour buses of course also stop at the British
Museum. |
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Trafalgar
Square
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The
National Gallery faces Trafalgar Square. The picture right was taken
from its front entrance.
The best known square in London honours one of England's heroes, Nelson.
Nelson died in 1805 in the battle of Trafalgar, and the square commemorates
this.
The square is dominated by by the 145 foot granite Nelson's column.
At the base are a set of giant Lion statues. Other lesser statues
are dotted around the rather barren, paved square. |
The
square is a centre for political demonstrations that still regularly
occur today. The Square also is the main point in London for new year
celebrations and is the image transmitted around the world of London
celebrating a new year in.
There is little to actually do on Trafalgar Square, the Square is
little more than a large traffic island. The Square is infamous for
the swarms of pigeons. You will usually find tourists in the square
posing for photographs with several pigeons perched on their body
lured by tit bits. On the north side of the Square is the National
Gallery, one of London's world class art galleries. |
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