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Piccadilly Circus

The Piccadilly Circus which was built in 1819 is a renowned road junction (of the Regent Street and Piccadilly Street) and the public area of London West End in the city of Westminster. The objective was to combine the Regent Street and the famous Piccadilly Street.

The famous Piccadilly Circus comes from Piccadilly, a street that's name first appeared in 1626 as Piccadilly Hall, named after a house belonging to Robert Baker, a tailor well-known for selling piccadills or piccadillies which is a noun used for many sorts of collars. The street was called the "Portugal Street" in 1692 in honour of Catherine of Braganza. In 1743, the street was known as Piccadilly.

The Piccadilly Circus was built in 1819 under the planning of John Nash. However, the circus lost its circular form in 1886 with the creation of Shaftesbury Avenue.

In March 1906 the Piccadilly Circus tube station was opened for the Bakerloo Line and in December 1906 the Piccadilly Line was opened. In 1928 the station was significantly rebuilt in order to raise the traffic.

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