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Statue of Alfred the Great

Statue of Alfred the Great Statue of Alfred the Great - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The statue of Alfred the Great in Southwark is thought to be London's oldest outdoor statue. The lower portion comes from a Roman statue dating to the late 1st or early 2nd century AD, while the top portion is a late 18th- or early 19th-century Coade stone addition in medieval style. Read more on Wikipedia

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