7230 x 4825 px | 61,2 x 40,9 cm | 24,1 x 16,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
21. September 2018
Ort:
Greenwich London
Weitere Informationen:
London Panorama from Greenwich Park, England UK. 22 September 2018 Statue of General James Wolfe looking across to 20th and 21st cntury Canary Wharf city finacial complex on the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets, east London on the north side of the River Thames opposite the Greenwich. James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer, known for his training reforms and remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec as a major general. Greenwich became the site of a royal palace, the Palace of Placentia from the 15th century, and was the birthplace of many Tudors, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Canary Wharf is a commercial estate and locality in between Poplar, Millwall and Limehouse on the Isle of Dogs in Greater London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the main financial centres of the United Kingdom, along with the City of London, and contains many of Europe's tallest buildings, including the 2nd-tallest in the UK, 1 Canada Square, with the pointed cap in the photograph Canary Wharf is 97 acres (39 hectares) and contains around 16, 000, 000 square feet (1, 500, 000 m2) of office and retail space. It comprises many open areas, including Canada Square, Cabot Square and Westferry Circus. Together with Heron Quays, West India Quay and Wood Wharf, it forms the Canary Wharf Estate.
