Albertopolis
Coordinates: 51°29′53″N 0°10′36″W / 51.49806°N 0.17667°W
Albertopolis is the nickname given to the area centred on Exhibition Road in London, England, named after Prince Albert, spouse of Queen Victoria. It contains a large number of educational and cultural sites. It is in South Kensington, split between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster (the border running along Imperial College Road), and the area bordered by Cromwell Road to the south and Kensington Road to the north.
Institutions in and around Albertopolis include:
The following were originally institutions in their own right:
Institutions formerly in Albertopolis include:
More recent additions to Albertopolis include:
Following the advice of Prince Albert the area was purchased by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 with the profits made from the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was held in a site in Hyde Park nearby to the north-east. This is commemorated in the name of the principal north-south street laid out on their estate, Exhibition Road.
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