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King Richard III Visitor Centre
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Visit Richard III’s grave site and the multi-award-winning exhibition about his life, death and the most incredible archaeological detective story ever told… www.kriii.com
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Jun 6
We’re still buzzing from our Silver Award win at the Visit England Awards for Excellence, read about what it means to us.

Big congratulations to :
🚀 @spacecentre
🍻 The Griffin Inn Swithland

A true tourism hat-trick for our region!
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Sep 14
‘Lies now even in the centre of this isle,
Near to the town of Leicester’ ~ Richard III (Richmond (Henry VII), Act 5, Scene 2)

#ShakespeareSunday
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Sep 7
‘We will unite the white rose and the red’ ~ Richard III (Richmond (Henry VII), Act 5, Scene 5)

#ShakespeareSunday
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Aug 31
‘Thy school-days frightful, desperate, wild, and furious,
Thy prime of manhood daring, bold, and venturous,’ ~ Richard III (Duchess of York, Act 4, Scene 4)

-#ShakespeareSunday
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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · Aug 21
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 540th Anniversary

👑⚔️ #RichardIII, King of England (1483-85), was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field, aged 32, #OTD 22 August 1485.

It was the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudors.

🎟 Visit the superb @kriiicentre.bsky.social in #Leicester to learn more.
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Aug 24
24th August 2012 - the ‘Looking for Richard’ project starts on site, after receiving significant financial support from members of the Richard III Society from across the globe, in response to a plea from Philippa Langley for help
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Aug 20
Richard III Sculpture Trail www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sculptures to tell tales of Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth
The Bosworth 1485 Trail launches this weekend, telling lesser known stories of the king's last battle.
www.bbc.co.uk
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Aug 17
‘Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass,
That I may see my shadow as I pass.’ ~ Richard III (Richard III (Duke of Gloucester, Act 1, Scene 2)

#ShakespeareSunday

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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Aug 17
“We will unite the white rose and the red” - Richard III (Richmond (Henry VII) Act 5, Scene 5)

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Rose 🟧SciFiGeek🟧 @rosej100.bsky.social · Aug 17
Woe to the land that's govern'd by a child!

Richard III
Act II Scene 3
#ShakespeareSunday
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🍂Nancy 🦃 @nml423.bsky.social · Aug 17
“We will unite the white rose and the red” - Richard III (Act 5, Scene 5) #ShakespeareSunday  @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
Theme: Richard III and Henry VII
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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social · Aug 16
💜🕊️💜"True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings."

⚜️Richard III
#ShakespeareSunday
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Alexandra ꩜ (I love music, books and movies) @mischiefandfun.bsky.social · Aug 17
Dispute not with her, she is lunatic.

Richard III (1,3)
#ShakespeareSunday
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Bard of the dead @bardofthedead.bsky.social · Aug 17
To leave this keen encounter of our whits and fall something into a slower method

(Richard III: act 1, scene 2)
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Woozle & Taffy @woozle-taffy.bsky.social · Aug 17
But I - that am not shap'd for sportive tricks,
Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass -

Richard III [I, 1] #ShakespeareSunday
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AT @photofan9000.bsky.social · Aug 16
"Good lords, conduct him to his regiment..."
Richard III A5 S3
#ShakespeareSunday #Sharpe
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Hollow Crown Fans 🎃 @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · Aug 15
With the anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth on the horizon, I thought it would be fun to mark the occasion with this weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme: Richard III and Henry VII!
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JD is on the case 🕵‍♀️ @flackjd.bsky.social · Aug 17
"I am too childish-foolish for this world."

Richard III
Act 1, Scene 3
#ShakespeareSunday
Theme: Richard III & Henry VII
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Aug 17
"O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!" ~ Henry VI, Part III (Act 5, Scene 6) #RichardIII #KRIII
#ShakespeareSunday
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Hand-in-Shot Productions🇺🇸🇺🇦🌞 @shot-hand.bsky.social · Aug 17
"A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!"

-William #Shakespeare, "Richard III", V.iv (Richard's last lines)
#ShakespeareSunday (theme: Richard III and Henry VII)
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Aug 17
‘Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York’ ~ Richard III (Richard III (Duke of Gloucester), Act 1, Scene 1)

#ShakespeareSunday
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Hollow Crown Fans 🎃 @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · Aug 17
Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: Richard III and Henry VII
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Aug 14
The boss @kaiserphilhelm.bsky.social at our wonderfully new sister site @jewrywallroman.bsky.social they sell a fantastic value joint ticket for us both, we will too, soon, we’ve had a technical issue that has prevented our joint ticket offer being available for the last two weeks🤷‍♀️
kaiserphilhelm.bsky.social Phil Hackett @kaiserphilhelm.bsky.social · Aug 14
Fabulous photograph caught by The Leicester Gazette
of me following in the footsteps of giants at @jewrywallroman.bsky.social Museum in the Immersive Hall
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Jul 27
Jewry Wall: A real Roman experience, reopened exactly 11 years after the King Richard III Visitor Centre, July 26, 2014. Less than two years after the discovery of King Richard III's remains in a nearby car park in Leicester. Buy a joint ticket at www.jewrywall.com
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Jul 20
Apologies we are Cash Only today - 20th July 2025
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King Richard III Visitor Centre @kriiicentre.bsky.social · Jul 15
Get all your Leicestershire History in one magazine, on sale at the King Richard III Visitor Centre come along and pick up a copy. #heritage #leicestershire
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