Picadilly Circus

Picadilly Circus

-Picadilly circus is a busy

square in the heart of

London.It was built in 1819

to connect Regent Street

with Piccadilly.

It’s famous for the fountain that was

installed here at the end of the

nineteenth century and for the neon

advertising that turned the square

into a miniature of Times Square.

The creation of shaftesbury

Avenue in 1885 turned the plaza into

a busy traffit junction.This made

Piccadilly Circus attractive for

advertisers , who installed London’s

first illuminated billboards here in

1895.For some time the plaza was

surrounded by billboards,creating

London’s version of Times

Square,but currently only one

building still carries large displays.

Billboards

Shaftesbury Memorial fountain

• At the centre of the Circus stands the Shaftesbury Fountain. It was built in 1893 to commemorate Lord Shaftesbury a philantropist known for his support of the poor.

The statue on top of the fountain depicts the Angel of Christian Charity but was later renamed Eros after the Greek god of love and beauty. The fountain was made in bronze ,but the statue is made of aluminium ,at the time a novel and rare material.

• Ripley’s in London has 700 weird and wonderful and unbelievable exhibits that will tease, entertain, astonish and astound visitors.

• Spread over five floors of the London Pavilion at Piccadilly Circus.

• Ripley’s Believe It or Not appeals to anyone with a sense of curiosity and an enjoyment of all things bizarre. This museum of oddities is a London family attraction, although the ticket prices are not cheap.

Piccadilly• The name ‘’Piccadilly’’

was originated from a seventeenth century frilled collar named Piccadilly.

• The word ‘’Circus’’ was refered to the roundabout around which traffic circulated.

Advertising

• Some of the companies advertised are:

• Coca-cola• Nescafé• Hyundai • McDonald’s • Samsung• Panasonic • LG• TDK• Burger King

The end….by

Alejandro and Carmen