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The statue of Alfred the Great in Southwark is thought to be London's oldest outdoor statue. The lower portion comes from a Roman statue dating to the late 1st or early 2nd century AD, while the top portion is a late 18th- or early 19th-century Coade stone addition in medieval style.
The Statue of Alfred the Great is located in the centre of Winchester, England. It was commissioned in 1899 as part of the celebrations of the millennium since the death of Alfred the Great, the Saxon monarch considered one of the founders of England. [1] Designed by the Royal Academician Hamo Thornycroft, it was completed in 1901. [2]
statue memorial monument remembrance king Anglo Saxon (410 - 1065) Victorian (1837 - 1901) In 1899 it was decided to build a statue of King Alfred to mark the millennium of his death - he died 1000 years earlier. He ruled from 849-899. The statue was finished in 1901.
Bishop Asser, in his Life of King Alfred of 893, wrote that Alfred “after all the burning of cities and slaughter of people rebuilt London in a splendid manner and made it habitable again”. Exactly how much rebuilding took place in the early years is not certain.
The final assembly of the Alfred the Great Statue may have been a botched affair but the statue itself is a fine piece of work, a suitable memorial for the great Saxon king. The 4.5 meter bronze statue was designed by Hamo Thornycroft and weighs just over 5 tones.
A bronze statue of Alfred the Great stands at the eastern end of The Broadway, close to the site of Winchester's medieval East Gate. The statue was designed by Hamo Thornycroft, cast in bronze by Singer & Sons of Frome and erected in 1899 to mark one thousand years since Alfred's death.
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In September 1901, Winchester, the ancient capital of Wessex, was the focus of celebrations marking the Millenary of King Alfred's death. The high point of the festivities was the unveiling of this huge monument, prominently located in front of the site of the city's old East Gate.
