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Covent Garden
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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Formerly an open space north of the Strand, London, England, now occupied by the principal flower, fruit and vegetable market in the metropolis. This was originally the so-called "convent garden" belonging to the abbey of St Peter, Westminster. In the first half of the 17th century the site of the garden was laid out as a square by Inigo Jones, with a piazza on two sides; and as early as 1656 it was becoming a market place for the same commodities as are now sold in it. Covent Garden Theatre (1858) is the chief seat of grand opera in London. The site has carried a theatre since 1733, but earlier buildings were burnt in 1809 and 1856.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Covent Garden'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/covent-garden.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Covent Garden'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/covent-garden.html. 1910.
