Pope's villa
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Pope's villa was the residence of the poet Alexander Pope at Twickenham, then a village west of London in Middlesex. He moved there in 1719 and created gardens and an underground grotto. When Baroness
A View of Alexander Pope's Villa, Twickenham by Samuel Scott (c. 1759)
Pope's Villa at Twickenham by J. M. W. Turner (1808)
The site of Pope's Villa in 2009
Grotto
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A grotto or grot is a natural or artificial cave or covered recess. Naturally occurring grottoes are typically small coastal caves associated with bodies of water and may be partially or fully submerg
Pope's villa
…of the poet Alexander Pope at Twickenham, then a village west of London in Middlesex. He moved there in 1719 and created gardens and an underground grotto. When Baroness Howe of Langar (1762–1835) purchased the house, she demolished it in 1808 and built a new house next to the site. The house and grotto…
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