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Piccadilly Circus

History

Piccadilly Circus connects to Piccadilly, a thoroughfare whose name first appeared in 1626 as Pickadilly Hall, named after a house belonging to one Robert Baker, a tailor famous for selling piccadills or piccadillies, a term used for various kinds of collars. The street was known as Portugal Street in 1692 in honour of Catherine of Braganza, the queen consort of King Charles II of England, but was known as Piccadilly by 1743. Piccadilly Circus was created in 1819. The circus lost its circular form in 1886 with the construction of Shaftesbury Avenue.It might say that Piccadilly Circus is to London what the Puerta del Sol to Madrid or the Champs Elysées to Paris, that is to say, the most crowded place for the Londoners and preferred to do purchases, to go out of march and to stay with friend.

that wants to say Circus?

Piccadilly. In this context a circus, from the Latin word meaning a circle, is a circular open space at a street junction.

Culture

The phrase "it's like Piccadilly Circus" is commonly used in the UK to refer to a place or situation which is extremely busy with people. It has been said that a person who stays long enough at Piccadilly Circus will eventually bump into everyone they know.

hecho por: Hugo Calvo Vecino 1A

Paginas de internet: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus http://www.guiadelondres.es/picadillycircus.htm