PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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THE ROYAL MAUSOLEUM, FROGMORE, 
ENGLAND, 
The recent death of Queen Victoria and the world- 
wide grief and regret the event occasioned, imparts 
especial interest to the mausoleum erectccT by her to 
the memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert, 
in 1862, and where her own remains have been en- 
tombed. 
The erection of this costly burial place was with 
her a labor of love, and no expense was spared to 
make it royal in fact as well as in name. On every 
feet high. Externally from the ground level to the 
top of the cross it is 83 feet. It is 80 feet long by 
70 feet wide. The foundation stone bears the follow- 
ing inscription : “The foundation stone of this build- 
ing, erected by Queen Victoria in pious remembrance 
of her great and good husband, was laid by her on 
the 15th of March, A. D. 1862. Blessed are they that 
sleep in the Lord.” 
On the bronze tablet over the entrance door is 
this inscription in Latin : “His mourning widow 
Victoria, the Queen, directed all that is mortal of 
Prince Albert to be placed in this sepulchre, A. IX 
THE ROYAE MAUSOLEUM, FROGMORE, WINDSOR, WHERE QUEEN VICTORIA IS ENTOMBED. 
anniversary of the Prince’s death there have been 
solemn family gatherings within its sacred walls, and 
nothing in the queen’s remarkable career speaks more 
eloquently of a high character than this unchangeable 
devotion to the memory of her departed husband. 
It. is located at Frogmore and is within sight of 
Windsor Castle. On the 15th of March, 1862, the 
first stone was laid by the Queen herself, and the 
structure was completed within the year. The ex- 
terior, though severe in plainness, is imposing. It is 
a cruciform edifice in the Romanesque style of archi- 
tecture, surmounted by an octagonal lantern and ap- 
proached by a broad flight of granite steps. From 
the floor to the top of the roof of the building is 70 
1862. Farewell, well-beloved, here at last I will rest 
with thee. With thee in Christ I will rise again.” 
The interior is most lavishly decorated, wealth 
without stint having been lavished upon it to produce 
a richness of coloring. From the marble pavement 
of the central division rises the great sarcophagus 
of polished dark grey Aberdeen granite, resting on a 
plinth of black marble. Four imposing bronze angels 
meet with outstretched wings at the corners, their 
hands clasped in attitudes of supplication. The pure 
white marble effigy of the Prince reposes on one side 
of the covering slab. The body rests beneath and 
beside it is the space in which the Queen has been 
reverently laid. 
