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Burned buildings and structures in the United Kingdom

  • Palace of WhitehallIn 1530, King Henry VIII seized a property known as York Place from Cardinal Wolsey. This acquisition transformed the site into England's primary royal…
  • Palace of WestminsterThe site of the Palace of Westminster has been a center of power since the reign of Cnut, who ruled England from 1016 to 1035.
  • The Crystal PalaceJoseph Paxton stood in Hyde Park on the 11th of June 1850 and sketched a solution on pink blotting paper. The rough drawing incorporated all basic features…
  • Globe TheatreIn the winter of 1598, carpenter Peter Street and a group of players moved under cover of darkness. They dismantled an earlier playhouse called The Theatre…