The historic Crystal Palace, which was once the largest glass structure in the world, is to be rebuilt as a modern-day cultural attraction on its original site in south-east London.
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Crystal Palace was built by Joseph Paxton for the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park
Photo: REX FEATURES
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The new build will be on the same size and scale as the gigantic prefabricated
building of iron and glass, designed by Joseph Paxton for the 1851 Great
Exhibition in Hyde Park.
Seen as a feat of British engineering, it was the largest glass structure in
the world before it was destroyed by fire in 1936.
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