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The best place in world!

London

London is the British capital and

one of the biggest cities in the world.

London is situated upon both banks of the

River Thames, it is the largest city in Britain

and one of the largest in the world.

Its population is about

7 million people.

It consists of three parts: the City of London, the West End and the East End.

The West End

The best places of the West End

Buckingham Palace

Kensington Gardens

St.James's Park

Here are the historical places as well

as the famous parks.

Hyde Park with its Speaker's Corner is also here.

The Queen's Residence

The Queen's Residence was built in

1870 for Samuel Barnard, a vice president

of the Paper Company.

The 1700’s

the Queen's Residence was a

gift from Henry Ford.

Big Ben

He name Big Ben actually refers not to the clock-tower

itself, but to the thirteen ton bell hung within.

The bell was named after the first commissioner

of works, Sir Benjamin Hall.

This bell came originally from the old Palace of Westminster,

it was given to the Dean of St. Paul's by William III.

Before returning to Westminster to hang in its

present home, it was refashioned in Whitechapel in 1858.

The BBC first broadcast the chimes on the

31st December 1923 - there is a microphone in the turret

connected to Broadcasting House.

The East End

To the east the large area called the East End.

This is London’s poorest part.

The very large riverside in the East End

make London one of the three largest parts in the world.

Tower of London

Founded nearly a millennium ago and

expanded upon over the centuries since,

the Tower of London has protected the city

It has been the seat of British government

and the living quarters of monarchs,

the site of renown political intrigue,

and the repository of the Crown Jewels.

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge has stood over the River Thames

in London since 1894 and is one of the finest bridges in the World.

The City of London

The City extends over an area of about

2.6 square kilometres in the heart of London.

It is the financial centre of the UK with many banks,

offices and Stock Exchange. But the City

is also a market for goods of almost every kind,

from all parts of the world.

Museums and art galleries

of London.

Tate Gallery

London is very rich in museums and art galleries. If you are fond of painting you'll go to the Tate Gallery .

A rich sugar manufacturer Henry Tate

founded it in 1897.

There are about 300 oils and

19000 watercolours and drawings.

The British Museum is the largest and richest of its kind in the world. The present building was built in 1852.

By law a copy of every book, periodical

and newspaper, published in Britain

must be presented in the British museum.

This collection is so vast that

only a very small percentage of it is

on show to the public.

The famous places in the London

Globe Theatre

The original Globe Theatre was built

in 1599 by the playing company

to which Shakespeare belonged.

Trafalgar Square

The Cathedral of Saint Paul

Statue on border

the city of London

Piccadilly

Cleopatra's Needle

Queen Victoria Memorial

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Project by Kate Shabalina. 10 - b