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Shakespeare
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

A statue of William Shakespeare, by the sculptor Giovanni Fontana after an original by Peter Scheemakers, has formed the centrepiece of Leicester Square Gardens in London since 1874.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

  • Built 1874
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