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Albert Square, Manchester
Public square in Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albert Square is a public square in the centre of Manchester, England. It is dominated by its largest building, the Grade I listed[1] Manchester Town Hall, a Victorian Gothic building by Alfred Waterhouse. Other smaller buildings from the same period surround it, many of which are listed (the buildings on the north side are in Princess Street).
![]() Albert Square, overlooked by Manchester Town Hall | |
Maintained by | City of Manchester |
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Location | Manchester, England, UK |
Coordinates | 53°28′46″N 2°14′42″W |
Construction | |
Completion | c. 1864; 160 years ago (1864) |
The square contains a number of monuments and statues, the largest of which is the Albert Memorial, a monument to Prince Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. The square, named after the Prince, was laid out to provide a space for the memorial in 1863–67. Work on the town hall began in 1868 and was completed in 1877.