La Victorian age was characterized by rapid change and evolution in almost every sphere - from advances in medical, scientific and technological knowledge - leading to the economic boom and prosperity of Britain worldwide.
This stage that began in the middle of the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th also had a great impact on architecture and heritage. Precisely, among the best places to see we have:
• Albert Memorial (Kensington Palace, London): If any statue symbolizes an era, this is a tribute4 to the consort of Queen Victoria, her beloved Albert (1819-1861). The statue shows Albert holding a catalog of the World's Fair. This statute has a height of 14 feet built in 1876.
• The Houses of Parliament (London): It is not a government building in England, but it symbolizes the Victorian era, like the Palace of Westminster. It was built to replace a palace destroyed by fire in 1834 and which was completed in 1860 where its facade was decorated with monarchs ranging from William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria.
• Osborne House (southeast of East Cowes on the Isle of Wight): This was the residence of Queen Victoria and the most beloved of Prince Albert. The rooms are a perfect period piece from the Victorian era with all its artifacts and furnishings.
• Manchester (Lancashire): A large inland port since 1894, Manchester has long had a reputation for being a dark, foggy, gloomy and graceless environment, the worst in the Midlands. But today its center is full of architectural masterpieces, including the homes built for the great industrial barons of the 19th century.
• National Railway Museum (York): It is the first national museum to be built outside of London that is dedicated to the locomotive that changed the face of Victorian England. Housed in an original steam locomotive depot, the museum is filled with railroad memorabilia, over 40 full-size locomotives, plus the Royal Centennial Hall, in which Queen Victoria rode to her death.