Prince Albert et al. in Bonn - 12 August, 1845

from A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume II, page 88:

Letter from Bunsen to his wife, Palace of Bruhl: Wednesday, 13th August, 1845 - Yesterday, the whole party went to the uncovering of the statue of the pride of Bonn, Beethoven. Speeches were made and songs sung, in the open air, on the space before the Minster at Bonn ; and then the King, with the two Queens, and Prince Albert, drove to the house which the latter had occupied in his University years,—afterwards through the Avenue of Poppelsdorf, and back to Bruhl, where dinner followed, the first at which Queen Victoria had been present ; for on the preceding evening, owing to …   more >>

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Baroness von Bunsen, A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume II, volume 2 (London, 1868), p. 88. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434022483165 accessed: 14 December, 2024

location of experience: Bonn

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Prince Albert
Prince Consort, Prince Consort
1819-1861
Queen Victoria
Monarch
1819-1901
Baron von Bunsen
Diplomat, scholar, diplomat, Theologian
1791-1860

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Date/Time 12 August, 1845
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others

Originally submitted by Gill on Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:34:43 +0100
Approved on Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:27:57 +0100