Covent Garden: Quick Facts

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Covent Garden: Royal Opera House

Covent Garden square, London, 1753

Covent Garden Market, London, 2008.

Covent Garden Market, London.

Covent Garden Theatre, London, c. 1821.

Sir Michael Costa.

Statue of Dame Ninette de Valois in front of the Royal Opera House, London, 2007.

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