Buckingham Palace
Introduction
Buckingham Palace (in English Buckingham Palace) is the official residence[2] of the British monarch in London.[3] It is also used for official ceremonies, state visits and tourist visits. It is famous for housing a substantial part of the Royal Collection, an extraordinary set of artistic works resulting from royal collecting. The palace or the esplanade in front of it has become a meeting point for the British in times of calamity, crisis or festivity.[4] "Buckingham Palace" or, simply, "The Palace", is also the metonymy used to designate the source of press releases coming from the British royal family.
The palace, originally known as Buckingham House, was originally a petit hôtel built for John Sheffield, the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 and purchased by King George III in 1762 as a public residence. Over the next 75 years it underwent a series of expansions directed by architects John Nash and Edward Blore (1850), creating three wings that make up an open central courtyard. With the accession of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Buckingham Palace became the official residence of the monarchy. Over the centuries, some renovations were made to the palace, such as the one carried out in 1913 (by Aston Webb) which gave the palace its current main façade, including the balcony from which the royal family greets.
The original 19th-century Georgian interior, which still survives, is made of brilliant plasterwork inlaid with blue and pink lapis lazuli. Edward VII redecorated the palace adding Belle Époque decoration in cream and gold tones. Some reception rooms are decorated in Chinese style with furniture from the Brighton Royal Pavilion and Carlton House. The palace has 777 rooms and the palace gardens are the largest private gardens in London. They were originally created by Capability Brown, but redesigned by William Townsend Aiton and John Nash. The artificial lake was created in 1828 and receives water from Lake Serpentine, the lake located in Hyde Park.
History
Contenido
La primera edificación construida en el lugar donde ahora se encuentra el palacio fue la casa Goring, construida en 1633 por lord Goring"). Sin embargo, la casa que constituye el núcleo original del palacio fue construida por John Sheffield, el I duque de Buckingham y Normamby, en 1703. Esta casa fue diseñada por el arquitecto William Winde, construyendo un gran bloque central de tres pisos y dos edificios anexos más pequeños.