Blackfriars Bridge
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Blackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge, carrying the A201 road. The north end is in the City of Lo
Blackfriars Bridge seen from Waterloo Bridge
The Construction of Blackfriars Bridge by Samuel Scott, c.1763
Blackfriars Bridge with St Paul's Cathedral behind
Blackfriars Bridge viewed from upstream, looking south
Roberto Calvi
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Roberto Calvi was an Italian banker, dubbed "God's Banker" by the press because of his close business dealings with the Holy See. He was a native of Milan and was chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, which c
Blackfriars Bridge
…Lord Mayor of London, George Wyatt Truscott. It closed on 5 July 1952. The bridge attracted some international attention in June 1982, when the body of Roberto Calvi, a former chairman of Italy's largest private bank, was found hanging from one of its arches with five bricks and around $14,000 in three different…
Roberto Calvi