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Hur stort är Covent Garden?
I Covent Garden-området kan du även hitta över 60 barer och pubar. År 2006 köptes Covent Gardens byggnader av CapCo för 421 miljoner pund. Byggnaderna hyrs ut till Covent Garden Trust, som betalar en årlig symbolisk hyra bestående av ett rött äpple och en blombukett.
När byggdes Covent Garden?
1980 öppnades Covent Garden Market, som varuhus, med specialbutiker, restauranger och torghandlare.
What does Covent Garden mean?
/ 51.512; -0.123456 Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin’s Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, itself known as ”Covent Garden”.
What is the origin of the word Covent?
The use of the name ”Covent”—an Anglo-French term for a religious community, equivalent to ”monastery” or ”convent” —appears in a document in 1515, when the Abbey, which had been letting out parcels of land along the north side of the Strand for inns and market gardens, granted a lease of the walled garden,…
What constituency is Covent Garden in?
Covent Garden. Covent Garden falls within the London boroughs of Westminster and Camden and the parliamentary constituencies of Cities of London and Westminster and Holborn and St Pancras. The area has been served by the Piccadilly line at Covent Garden Underground station since 1907.
What is the name of the square in Covent Garden?
Covent Garden Piazza. The central square in Covent Garden is simply called ”Covent Garden”, often marketed as ”Covent Garden Piazza” to distinguish it from the eponymous surrounding area. Designed and laid out in 1630, it was the first modern square in London-originally a flat, open space or piazza with low railings.