The
Albert Memorial is situated in
Kensington Gardens,
London, directly to the north of the
Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by
Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband,
Prince Albert who died of
typhoid in 1861. The memorial was designed by Sir
George Gilbert Scott in the
Gothic Revival style. Opened in July 1872 by Queen Victoria, with the statue of Albert ceremonially "seated" in 1875, the memorial consists of an ornate canopy or pavilion, in the style of a Gothic
ciborium over the high altar of a church, containing a statue of the prince facing south. The memorial is tall, took over ten years to complete, and cost £120,000 (the equivalent of about £10,000,000 in 2010). The cost was met by public subscription.