LONDON
Great
Britain
Where‘s
London?
London
■ London is the capital of England
and the United Kingdom.
■ It lies on the river Thames
■ It is the UK's largest and most populous area
■ It covers an area of 1,580 square kilometres
■ Almost 7 million people live there
■ It‘s a seat of the Government, the Parliament,
Monarch, museums, galleries, theatres, and many
historical buildings and parks.
Buckingham Palace
■ it was built in 1703
by the Duke of
Buckingham
■ the queen lives there
■ it is a home and the office
of British Monarchy
■ about 400 people work
there
■ there are guards in
red coats in front of
the palace
The Tower of London
■ William the Conqueror began to build it
■ it was a fortress and later a prison
■ now there is a museum
■ we can see
the Crown Jewels there
Trafalgar Square
■ there‘s Nelson‘s Column
(about 50 m high)
■ there are lot‘s of fountains,
statues and pigeons
■ the famous National Gallery
form one side of Trafalgar
Square
The Houses of Parliament
■ Are the political centre of the UK
and the home of The British
Parliament
■ Houses of Parliament are famous
for the clock tower called Big Ben
named after its bell (it‘s 106m high
and the minute hand is 4,25m long)
Tower
Bridge
■ it was built in 1894
■ it is the most famous bridge of London
■ it opens in the middle to allow ships
to pass up the river
(it takes 90 seconds to raise)
■ it opens 4 or 5 times a week
London Eye
■ this London attraction is on the bank of the River Thames
■ it is the biggest wheel in the world
■ it takes over 30 minutes to make a full circle and give
you a great
view of London
■ it‘s 135m high
and it weighs
2,100 tonnes
Other interesting places
Madame Tussaud‘s- contains wax portraits
of famous people
Downing Street 10
■
it‘s home of Prime Minister
since 1735
Piccadilly Circus
■ this is the busiest
and noisiest place,
it‘s a centre
of entertainment
Greenwich Observatory
■ you can stay with one foot East and one West
astride the meridian of zero longitude
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