Canada Gate (London) | Grade I Listed (UK)

United Kingdom / England / London / Victoria Memorial Circle
 gate, Grade I Listed (UK)
Ceremonial gates to Green Park presented by Canada, the senior Dominion of the British Empire at the time, to the United Kingdom as a memorial tribute to Queen Victoria. The gates were commissioned in 1905 and completed in 1911.
The five portals (ten gates) bear coats-of-arms of the seven provinces present in 1905. The two outermost anchor columns of Portland stone bear the coats-of-arms of three provinces that joined Confederation after project design was completed: Alberta and Saskatchewan (1905) and Newfoundland & Labrador (1949).

Smaller gates presented by Australia and South Africa guard the sidewalk approaches to St. James Park on the south side of Victoria Memorial Circle.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Gate
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Coordinates:   51°30'9"N   -0°8'28"E
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