Built in the mid-19th century, almost entirely of glass and iron, the grand Crystal Palace was a symbol of British pride. But it would suffer a fiery fate.

New research has answered the mystery of how the Crystal Palace in London, which at the time was the world's largest building, was constructed in only 190 days. Tech Xplore.

A group of ancient mammals has been reunited in south London for the first time since the 1960s.. The three palaeotheres, relatives of horses that lived in Europe and Asia around 40 million years ago, ...

A 360 view from the Upper Terrace, Crystal Palace Park. ... Portland Place, London W1A 1AA. Tel: 020 776 52667 | Textphone: (for hearing impaired users) 020 7935 7414 e-mail: yourlondon@bbc.co.uk.

Now imagine yourself as a resident of Victorian London, walking into Crystal Palace Park in the southeastern part of the city. ... a paleobiologist at the Natural History Museum in London.

Built in 1850, the Crystal Palace was first located in London’s Hyde Park, where it housed the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than six million people visited the event —an estimated third of ...

The Crystal Palace and water tower in London, 1854. view more . Credit: ... curator of the Crystal Palace museum, who I carried out this research with, we were able to able to answer this.