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This is a list of public artworks in the former Metropolitan Borough of Paddington in London, now a part of the City of Westminster. Architectural sculpture in the area is covered in the list of architectural sculpture in the City of Westminster. == Bayswater == Bayswater is a largely residential district north-west of Charing Cross, bordering with the northern end of Kensington Gardens. Its essential character is now defined by the stuccoed terraces erected from 1827 onwards, which spread in a westerly direction over the course of the 19th century. | date = | artist = | architect = | notes= Commemorates parishioners who died in World War I.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Monument: St John’s Hyde Park WW1 Memorial )〕 | designation = }} | date = 1921 | artist = | architect = | notes = Unveiled 27 March 1921. Commemorates residents of the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington who gave their lives in World War I. Severely damaged in the Great Storm of 1987. Re-erected on present site on 11 November 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Monument: Memorial Cross at Lancaster Gate )〕 }} | date = 1934 | artist = | architect = | notes = Unveiled 24 May 1934. The inscription on the east face reads, "''One King, One Empire, Empire Day''"; that on the north, "''To him the British Empire was a goodly heritage to be fashioned unto a city of God!''" | designation = }} | date = | artist = | architect = | notes = Donated by Mrs Catherine Weston. Built as the United Methodist Free Church, the church was converted to Catholic use in 1954. | designation = }} | date = | artist = | architect = | notes = Unveiled 2 May 2012. Carved from Carrara marble at Studio Sem in Pietrasanta, Tuscany, the work stands at 4m high. }} | date = | artist = | architect = | notes = Unveiled 28 November 2012. Marks the centenary of Albanian independence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/george-skanderbeg )〕 }} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of public art in Paddington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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