Everything about The Mall London totally explained
The Mall in
London is the road running from
Buckingham Palace at its western end to
Admiralty Arch and on to
Trafalgar Square at its eastern end, where it crosses Spring Gardens, which was where the
Metropolitan Board of Works and, for a number of years, the
London County Council was based. It is closed to traffic on Sundays and public holidays, and on ceremonial occasions.
The
Queen Victoria Memorial is immediately before the gates of the Palace, whilst
Admiralty Arch at the far end leads into the square.
St. James's Park is on the south side of the Mall, opposite
Green Park and
St. James's Palace, on the north. Running off the Mall at its eastern end is the
Horse Guards Parade, where the ceremony of
Trooping the Colour occurs.
The Mall was created as a ceremonial route in the late
nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, matching the creation of similar ceremonial routes in other cities, such as
Washington, D.C.,
Paris,
Berlin,
Mexico City,
Vienna,
St. Petersburg and
Oslo. These routes were intended to be used for major national ceremonies in the era of the
nation state. As part of the development (designed by Sir
Aston Webb), a new façade was constructed for Buckingham Palace, and the
Victoria Memorial was erected. Also, it's an
urban myth that in the event of an emergency or catastrophic event that might endanger the Monarch and senior members of the government, the Mall can quickly be converted into a make-shift runway.
During
state visits to the
United Kingdom, the monarch and the visiting head of state are escorted in a state carriage up the Mall and the street is decorated with
Union Flags and the flags of the visiting head of state's country. During the
Golden Jubilee ceremonies of
Queen Elizabeth II in 2002, over one million people packed the Mall to watch the public displays and the appearance of the
British Royal Family on the palace balcony.
Image:A typical london street.jpg|Union Flags frequently decorate the Mall
Image:The_mall_london.jpg|The Mall, looking towards Buckingham Palace
Image:CommonwealthFlagsTheMall20060617 CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg|Flags of the members of the Commonwealth near the Mall, next to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
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