Hyde
Park is one of the largest parks in London, and one of the Royal Parks of
London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.
The
park was the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton.
The park has become a traditional location for mass demonstrations. The Chartists,
the Reform League, the Suffragettes,
and the Stop the War Coalition have
all held protests in the park. Many protesters on the Liberty and Livelihood
March in 2002 started their march from Hyde Park. On 20 July 1982 in the Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings,
two bombs linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army caused
the death of eight members of the Household
Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets and seven horses.
London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.
The
park was the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton.
The park has become a traditional location for mass demonstrations. The Chartists,
the Reform League, the Suffragettes,
and the Stop the War Coalition have
all held protests in the park. Many protesters on the Liberty and Livelihood
March in 2002 started their march from Hyde Park. On 20 July 1982 in the Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings,
two bombs linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army caused
the death of eight members of the Household
Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets and seven horses.
The
park is divided in two by the Serpentine and the Long Water.
The park is contiguous with Kensington Gardens; although often still
assumed to be part of Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens has been technically
separate since 1728, when Queen Caroline made a division between the
two. Hyde Park covers 142 hectares (350 acres) and Kensington Gardens
covers 111 hectares (275 acres) giving an overall area of 253 hectares
(625 acres), making the combined area larger than thePrincipality of Monaco (196
hectares or 480 acres), though smaller than the Bois de Boulogne in
Paris (845 hectares, or 2090 acres), New York City's Central Park (341
hectares or 840 acres), and Dublin's Phoenix Park (707
hectares, or 1,750 acres). To the southeast, outside the park, is Hyde Park Corner.
Although, during daylight, the two parks merge seamlessly into each other,
Kensington Gardens closes at dusk but Hyde Park remains open throughout the
year from 5 a.m. until midnight.
Hyde
Park is the largest of four parks which form a chain from the entrance of
Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park
Corner and Green Park (19 hectares), past the main entrance to Buckingham
Palaceand then on through Saint James's Park (23 hectares) to Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall.
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: references
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHDDBgr2mMQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London
and Summarization by
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i have more information about hyde park history
ردحذفHyde Park was created in 1536 by Henry VIII for hunting. He acquired the manor of Hyde from the canons of Westminster Abbey, who had held it since before the Norman Conquest; it was enclosed as a deer park and remained a private hunting ground until James I permitted limited access to gentlefolk, appointing a ranger to take charge. Charles I created the Ring (north of the present Serpentine boathouses), and in 1637 he opened the park to the general public.