The Crystal Palace
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Summary
The Crystal Palace is a palace[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of palace entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,887 views/month, #5 of 1,135).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Westminster[3], London Borough of Bromley[4], Kensington[5], London[6]
- Country: United Kingdom[7]
- Instance of: greenhouse[8], destroyed building or structure[9], event venue[10], sports venue[11]
- Architect: Joseph Paxton[12], Owen Jones[13]
- Architectural style: glass architecture[14], Victorian architecture[15]
- Made from material: glass[16], iron[17], cast iron[18], wood[19]
- Location: Hyde Park[20], London[21], Upper Norwood[22], Crystal Palace[23]
- Commons category: Crystal Palace (building)[24]
- Occupant: All England Badminton Championships[25]
- Inception: May 1, 1851[26]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: November 30, 1936[27]
- Structural engineer: Charles Fox[28]
- Significant event: conflagration[29]
- Has cause: The Great Exhibition[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Crystal Palace (building)[31]
- Commons gallery: Crystal Palace[32]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], Subterranea Britannica[34], Subterranea[35], Dresdner Hefte[36], Meyer’s Universum, Achtzehnter Band[37]
- Date of official opening: 1851[38]
- Native label: The Crystal Palace[39]
- Capital cost: 150,000 pounds sterling[40]
- Named by: Punch[41]
- State of conservation: demolished or destroyed[42]
- State of use: permanently closed[43]
- Associated electoral district: Beckenham and Penge[44]
- Historic county: Surrey[45]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for The Crystal Palace include Crystal Palace F.C.[46], an association football club[47], in United Kingdom[48], founded in 1905[49], headquartered in London[50] and Crystal Palace[51], a residential area[52], in United Kingdom[53].
Why It Matters
The Crystal Palace has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include Crystal Palace F.C.[46], an association football club[47], in United Kingdom[48], founded in 1905[49], headquartered in London[50] and Crystal Palace[51], a residential area[52], in United Kingdom[53].