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The Royal Opera House is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. The ROH is the main home of The Royal
Bow Street frontage with Plazzotta's statue, Young Dancer, in the foreground
Royal Opera House logo
"Rich's Glory": John Rich seemingly invades his new Covent Garden Theatre. (caricature by William Hogarth)
The first theatre before the fire of 1808
Covent Garden
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Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central squar
Royal Opera House
…The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. The ROH is the main home of The Royal…
Interior of the former vegetable market, 2006
The Earl of Bedford was given Covent Garden in 1552.
Charles Fowler's 1830 neo-classical building restored as a retail market
Neal's Yard Dairy, a well-known cheese shop