There are many famous buildings all over the country that have their own strange nicknames – but some of the most interesting are in London. You need only think of how Buckingham Palace is known as ‘Buck House’ or how The Fenchurch Building is better known as ‘The Walkie-Talkie’ to realise how many there are.
The Albertopolis area of London is located in South Kensington and encompasses several hugely important buildings and monuments such as The Royal Albert Hall, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum and The Albert Memorial.
The site centres on Exhibition Road and has fondly become known as ‘Albertopolis’ as it was an area that was designed to celebrate the achievements and grandeur of Victorian Britain.
The area was purchased by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 following the huge success of Prince Albert’s Great Exhibition which was held in Hyde Park.
The term was first coined in the 1850s to satirise the role of Prince Albert as he worked to develop the cultural achievements of many famous scientists, inventors and mathematicians.
