Royal Pump Room. Leamington Spa : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Royal Pump Room. Leamington Spa / amandabhslater
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa, commonly Leamington or "Leam" to locals, is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England.Until the beginning of the 1800s, Leamington was a village named Leamington Priors.In 1814 the Royal Pump Rooms and Baths were opened close to the River Leam. This grand structure attracted many visitors, hoping to soothe various aches, pains and ailments by bathing in pools filled with the salty spa water. It also included the world's first gravity fed piped hot water system in modern times, which was designed and installed by the engineer William Murdoch. Leamington soon became a popular spa resort which attracted the wealthy and famous, and construction began of numerous Georgian townhouses to accommodate visitors.Leamington's reputation soon spread. The town gained its "Royal" prefix in 1838, granted by Queen Victoria, who visited the town as a Princess in 1830 and as Queen in 1858, and whose statue still stands in the town. |
| 撮影日 | 2009-07-28 11:50:45 |
| 撮影者 | amandabhslater , Coventry, West Midlands, UK |
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| 撮影地 | Leamington, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | u1060,S1060 , OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. |
| 露出 | 0.006 sec (1/160) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.5 |