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Piccadilly Circus
back to sights listingPiccadilly takes it name from a 17th century frilly collar called a picadil. A dressmaker grew rich making them and built a house in the vicinity.
For many years, Piccadilly Circus has been a famous London Landmark. At its heart and backlit by colorful electric displays there is a bronze fountain topped by a figure of a winged archer. The actual figure rises above a fountain, which is made in bronze, but Eros is made out of aluminum, at that time a rare and novel material. The statue is popularly called EROS, the pagan god of love, but it was in fact designed in the 19th century as a symbol of Christian charity - a monument to Lord Shaftesbury, a philanthropist. Now Piccadilly Circus is London's hub. Five major roads meet here - most of the theatres are within a few hundred yards of it.
At night the huge advertising hoardings are lit up. Recent improvements have led to the area being less seedy than it had been!
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