Millennium Dome

Millennium Dome
A large building at Greenwich in London, the largest single roofed structure in the world; now renamed "O2"

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  • Millennium Dome — the Millennium Dome a very large temporary building in the shape of a ↑dome in ↑Greenwich, London, built by the UK government to contain a big public ↑exhibition celebrating the start of the new ↑millennium in the year 2000 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Millennium Dome — This article is about the Dome s use as a Millennium exhibition. For its post redevelopment use as an entertainment district, see The O2 (London). Millennium Dome General information Type …   Wikipedia

  • Millennium Dome — El Millennium Dome es un gran edificio con forma de domo en la península Greenwich, al sureste de Londres. Su nombre se cambió oficialmente a The O2 cuando la operadora de telefonía O2 plc compró los correspondientes derechos al promotor original …   Wikipedia Español

  • Millennium Dome — Der Millennium Dome vor Canary Wharf (2005) Millennium Dome von Isle of Dogs betrachtet …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Millennium Dome — a very large structure, in the shape of a dome (= a building with a round roof) that was built near Greenwich, an area of south London. It cost £700 million to build and was designed by Richard Rogers, a well known British architect. The Dome is… …   Universalium

  • Millennium Dome — Dôme du millénaire Cet article traite du Dôme du millénaire avec que celui ci soit réaménager en 2005. Pour des informations sur le complexe réaménagé voir the O2 Le Dôme du millénaire. Le Dôme du millénaire de l architecte Richard Rogers, à… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Millennium Dome raid — On 7 November 2000, a criminal gang attempted to steal the flawless 203.04 carats (40.61 g) Millennium Star diamond valued at over £200 million, from an exhibition at the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, London. The robbers had been under… …   Wikipedia

  • Millennium Dome Show — The Millennium Dome Show was a multimedia, Cirque du Soleil esque show created specifically for the year 2000 in the Millennium Dome. The show was directed by Mark Fisher and Peter Gabriel. Mark Fisher designed the show and Peter Gabriel wrote… …   Wikipedia

  • Millennium Dome —    A large dome on the Greenwich peninsula in the Docklands area in Eastern London, the largest single roofed structure in the world. During the whole of 2000 the Dome was open to the public, offering them a large number of attractions and… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

  • Jennifer Page (Millennium Dome) — Jennifer (Jennie) Page CBE, born 12 November 1944 cite web|title = The Times On Line, Birthdays, 12 November 2007 |url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life and style/court and social/article2841554.ece accessdate = 2008 07 30] was Chief… …   Wikipedia

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