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Royal Albert Hall
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concert hall in South Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert venue located in South Kensington, London, where a wide variety of musical and cultural performances take place. It is one of Britain's most famous and iconic performance spaces, hosting everything from classical concerts to contemporary events.
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Key facts
- Type
- Concert hall
- Architectural style
- Italianate
- Location
- Kensington Gore , London, SW7 , United Kingdom
- Inaugurated
- 29 March 1871 ; 155 years ago ( 1871-03-29 )
- Renovated
- 1996–2004
- Cost
- £ 200,000
- Client
- Provisional Committee for the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences
- Owner
- The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences
- Height
- 135 feet (41 m)
- Architects
- Captain Francis Fowke and Major-General Henry Y. D. Scott
- Architecture firm
- Royal Engineers
- Main contractor
- Lucas Brothers
- Seating capacity
- 5,272
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- theatre building
- Named after
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- City of Westminster
- Location
- South Kensington
- Official website
- www.royalalberthall.com
- Image
- Hansom cab 1904.jpg
- Significant event
- foundation stone laying ceremony
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- postal code
- SW7 2AP
- P12749
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- Commons category
- Royal Albert Hall
- topic's main category
- Category:Royal Albert Hall
- architectural style
- Italianate architecture
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- related category
- Category:Live albums recorded at the Royal Albert Hall
- has characteristic
- tourist attraction
- historic county
- Middlesex
- OS grid reference
- TQ2660279585
- social media followers
- 139244
- associated electoral district
- Cities of London and Westminster
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Encyclopedic overview
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272.
Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. It is the venue for the BBC Proms concerts, which have been held there every summer since 1941. It is host to more than 390 shows in the main auditorium annually, including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, film screenings with live orchestral accompaniment, sports, awards ceremonies, school and community events, and charity performances and banquets. A further 1,000 events are held each year in the non-auditorium spaces. Over its 153-year history, the hall has hosted events of a wide variety, including meetings held by suffragettes; speeches from Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, and Albert Einstein; fights by Lennox Lewis; exhibition bouts by Muhammad Ali; and concerts from regular performers at the venue such as Eric Clapton and Shirley Bassey.
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