A view of Victoria Square

Iron : Man, an

Queen Victoria

Antony Gormley statue in the square

Victoria Square is an important public square in Birmingham, England. It is home to both the Town Hall and the Council House. Victoria Square in central Birmingham, the building in the background is the City of Birmingham Council House. ... Victoria Square in central Birmingham, the building in the background is the City of Birmingham Council House. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1512x2016, 1697 KB) Iron : Man. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1512x2016, 1697 KB) Iron : Man. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 1191 KB) Statue of Queen Victoria, Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 1191 KB) Statue of Queen Victoria, Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Birmingham Town Hall is a Grade 1 listed concert and meeting venue in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. ... Categories: UK geography stubs ...

The square was named after Queen Victoria after her death in 1901 when a statue of her was erected and unveiled on January 10. It was previously known as Council House Square. The lower part of the square was once occupied by Christ Church (built 1805-13, demolished 1899 to be replaced by shops and offices - the Christ Church Buildings, themselves demolished 1970). A tramway ran through the square and statues of Robert Peel, Joseph Priestley (which was later moved to Chamberlain Square) and Wright were located within it. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death in 1901. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the British Prime Minister. ... Joseph Priestley is often credited for the discovery of oxygen. ...

It is often considered to be the centre of Birmingham, and is the point from where local road sign distances are measured. The square is a short walk from St. Philip's Cathedral on Colmore Row and the Bull Ring and Brindleyplace developments. The square was redeveloped in August 1992, including the installation of a fountain sculpture by Dhruva Mistry, representing youth and eternity, called 'The River' but known affectionately as 'The Floozie in the Jacuzzi'. Around the upper pool of the fountain is a quotation from the poem 'Burnt Norton' by T.S. Eliot. Two sphinx-like creatures stand as guardians of the fountain at the lower end of the square. St Philips Cathedral St Philips Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral, in Colmore Row, Birmingham, England, dedicated to St Philip. ... Selfridges at the Bullring St Martins Church, with Selfridges in the background The interior of the Bullring The Bull Ring market has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages. ... Brindleyplace Brindleyplace (often written Brindley Place) is a large mixed-use canalside development, near the centre of Birmingham, England. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... River, part of a set of sculptures in Victoria Square, Birmingham Dhruva Mistry, (b 1957) is a sculptor, born in Kanjari, Gujarat, India and who, having worked in Great Britain between 1981 and 1997, returned to Vadodara. ... Four Quartets is the name given to four related poems by T. S. Eliot, collected and republished in book form in 1943 (ISBN 0156332256). ... Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ... The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background For other uses, see Sphinx (disambiguation). ...

Several public artworks are permanently displayed in Victoria Square including Iron: Man by Antony Gormley. The sculpture was given as a gift to the city by the Trustee Savings Bank in March 1993. It was cast in Willenhall, a district of the Black Country which lies to the northwest of the city, and is representative of the skills used by local craftsmen during the Industrial Revolution. Angel of the North Antony Gormley (born 1950) is an English sculptor, best known as the creator of Angel of the North, a public sculpture in Gateshead. ... Lloyds TSB Group plc is a group of financial services companies, based in the United Kingdom, which was created in 1995 following the merger of the TSB Group and the Lloyds Bank Group. ... Map sources for Willenhall at grid reference SO9698 Willenhall is a small town in the West Midlands of England, with a population of approximately 40,000. ... The Black Country is a loosely-defined area of conurbation to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton in the English West Midlands, around the South Staffordshire coalfield. ... A Watt steam engine in Madrid. ...

Chamberlain Square is adjacent containing the entrances to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and Birmingham Central Library. Chamberlain Square is a public open space in central Birmingham, England, named after Joseph Chamberlain. ... Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Opened in 1885, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BM&AG), in Birmingham, England, has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, archaeology, ethnography, local and industrial history. ... Birmingham Central Library is the main library in Birmingham, England. ...

External links

• Birmingham City Council page on Victoria Square

The River, better known as The Floozie in the Jacuzzi