Richard III statue in Leicester // cool Statue of Richard III, king of England.
After the battle of Bosworth Field 1485, where Richard III died, he was buried at Friary Church of the Greyfriars, Leicester.
The Greyfriars site was then destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII, sometime between 1536 and 1541
The site of the Friary church of the Greyfriars was used for many purposes, one purpose for the site was a garden, some of this garden became a car park in the mid-20th century belonging to Leicester City Council, after an Archaeology dig of the site in September 2012 the body of Richard III, was found and moved to Leicester cathedral, where it is today.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars,_Leicester
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhumation_and_reburial_of_Richard_III_of_England
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bosworth_Field
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries
- https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/richard-iii-car-park-greyfriars-955185#amp-readmore-target
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