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King Richard III Visitor Centre 4A St Martins Old Town Leicester LE1 5DB Tel: 0116 299 4444 Email: info@kriii.com. How to get here
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Mar 22, 2015 · London CNN — The discovery of the remains of Richard III beneath a car parking lot in the English city of Leicester in 2012 sparked excitement around the world. Now those bones are to be...
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Aug 25, 2022 · Ten years on from the finding of his legbone in Leicester, on 25 August 2012, the BBC asks those behind the search what has changed in the decade since.
Richard III, the final ruler of the Plantagenet dynasty, was killed on 22 August 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field, the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses. His body was taken to Greyfriars, Leicester, where it was buried in a crude grave in the friary church.
In August 2012, the University of Leicester in collaboration with the Richard III Society and Leicester City Council, began one of the most ambitious archaeological projects ever attempted: no less than a search for the lost grave of King Richard III. The last English king to die in battle.
Feb 4, 2019 · The remains were believed to be Richard III, the Plantagenet king who was killed at the battle of Bosworth in 1485. Here's everything you need to know about the groundbreaking discovery, from the DNA analysis that confirmed Richard's identity to his reinterment at Leicester Cathedral... Emma Mason. Published: February 4, 2019 at 7:00 AM.
300,000+ (since 2014) Website. kriii .com. King Richard III Visitor Centre is a museum in Leicester, England that showcases the life of King Richard III and the story of the discovery, exhumation, and reburial of his remains in 2012-2015.
