4288 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2011
Ubicazione:
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Altre informazioni:
Shrewsbury is an historic market town on the River Severn, with the town centre having a largely unaltered medieval street plan. The town features over 660 historic listed buildings, including several examples of timber framing from the 15th and 16th Centuries. Shrewsbury Castle, a red sandstone castle fortification, and Shrewsbury Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery, were founded in 1074 and 1083 respectively, by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery. The town hosts one of the oldest and largest horticultural events in the country, Shrewsbury Flower Show, and is known for its fantastic floral displays, having won numerous awards since the turn of the 21st century, iincluding Britain in Bloom in 2006. Charles Darwin was born and educated in Shrewsbury. A £450, 000 piece of art was unveiled to the public in 2009 to mark the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth. The 12-metre-high (40 feet) sculpture, entitled Quantum Leap, has been built in Mardol Quay Gardens, opposite Theatre Severn. Darwin's great, great grandson Randal Keynes officially unveiled the sculpture. The design represents Darwin's ideas and his impact on the scientific world.
