# Canonical recap data for Queen Victoria's Jubilee Celebration (1887)
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slug: victoria-jubilee-1887
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1887/victoria-jubilee-1887"
title: Queen Victoria's Jubilee Celebration
subtitle: Britain's monarch marked fifty years on the throne with a global imperial pageant that reinforced Victorian cultural dominance.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1887-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1887
decade: 1880
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: "The Queen Victoria Building (QVB) is a heritage-listed late-19th-century building located at 429–481 George Street in the Sydney central business district, in the Australian state of New South Wales. Designed by the architect George McRae, the Romanesque Revival building was constructed between 1893 and 1898 and is 30 "
summaryLong: The Queen Victoria Building (QVB) is a heritage-listed late-19th-century building located at 429–481 George Street in the Sydney central business district, in the Australian state of New South Wales. Designed by the architect George McRae, the Romanesque Revival building was constructed between 1893 and 1898 and is 30 metres (98 ft) wide by 190 metres (620 ft) long. The domes were built by Ritchie Brothers, a steel and metal company that also built trains, trams and farm equipment. The building fills a city block bounded by George, Market, York, and Druitt streets. Designed as a marketplace, it was used for a variety of other purposes, underwent remodelling, and suffered decay until its restoration and return to its original use in the late twentieth century. The property is co-owned by the City of Sydney and Link REIT, and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 March 2010.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Queen Victoria Building"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
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  title: Queen Victoria Building
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: The Queen Victoria Building (QVB) is a heritage-listed late-19th-century building located at 429–481 George Street in the Sydney central business district, in t
wikidataQid: Q54518
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