2. BUCKINGHAM PALACE
BUCKINGHAM PALACE IS THE OFFICIAL LONDON
RESIDENCE AND PRINCIPAL WORK PLACE OF THE
BRITISH MONARC. LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
WESTMINSTER, THE PALACE IS A SETTING FOR
STATE OCCASIONS AND ROYAL HOSPITALITY.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS 775 ROOMS . JUST
OPPOSITE BUCKINGHAM PALACE SOME DAYS A
WEEK, THE FAMOUS CHANGING OF THE GUARDS
TAKES PLACES. IT IS A PARADE FOLLOWED BY
HUNDRED OF TOURISTS.
3. TOWER OF LONDON
THE TOWER OF LONDON IS A HISTORICAL CASTLE ON THE NORTH
BANK OF THE RIVER THAMES IN CENTRAL LONDON. NOBODY
KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE TOWER EXCEPT FOR
THE POPULAR “BEEFEATERS” , WHO HAVE GUARDED IT, FOR
CENTURIES. THE TOWER OF LONDON IS USED AS A PLACE FOR
EVENTS TOO, FOR EXAMPLE THE TOWER WAS THE ORIGINAL
LONDON ZOO, COSTUMED GUIDES, REPRODUCTION OF ANCIENT
TORTURE, PRESENTATION OF HISTORICAL EVENTS AND
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.
4. THE CROWNS JEWELS
IF YOU COME TO THE
GRAND NEW JEWEL
HOUSE AT THE TOWER
OF LONDON YOU CAN
SEE A LOT OF CROWNS,
SCEPTRES AND SWARDS
OF ENGLAND.
5. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT OR
SIMPLY WESTMINSTER, IS LOCATED IN THE PALACE OF
WESTMINSTER. THE PARLIAMENT IS BICOMERAL, WITH ON
UPPER HOUSE, THE HOUSE OF LORDS, AND A LAWER HOUSE,
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. IT IS LOCATED NEAR THE MOST
FAMOUS RIVER OF THAMES.
NEXT TO THE WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT THERE’S THE WELLKNOWN BELL TOWER, CALLED BIG BEN.
6. THE BIG BEN
BIG BEN IS THE NICKNAME FOR THE GREAT BELL OF THE CLOCK AT
THE NORTH OF THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER IN LONDON. THE
TOWER IS NOW OFFICIALLY CALLED THE ELIZABETH TOWER. THE
TOWER WAS COMPLETED 1858 AND HAD ITS 150 th
ANNIVERSARY ON 31 st MAY 2009, DURING WHICH CELEBRATORY
EVENTS TOOK PLACE.
7. WESTMINSTER ABBEY
THE CURCH, BEGUN BY HENRY III IN 1245, IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GOTHIC
BUILDINGS IN THE COUNTRY. WESTMINSTER ABBEY IS STEPPED IN MORE THAN A
THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY. BENEDICTINE MONKS FIRST CAME TO THIS SITE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE TEN th CENTURY, ESTABLISHING A TRADITION OF DAILY WORKSHIP
WHICH CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, LOCATED NEAR THE HOUSE OF
PARLIAMENT , IS MORE A HISTORICAL SITE THAN A RELIGIUOS SITE. THE ABBEY ALSO
SEVERS AS THE BURIAL GROUND FOR NUMEROUS POLITICIANS , SOVEREIGNS AND
ARTIST. THE ABBEY IS STUFFED WITH TOMBS, STATUES AND MONUMENTS. IN TOTAL
APPROXIMATELY 3300 PEOPLE ARE BURIED IN THE CURCH AND CLOISTERS. SOME OF
THE MOST FAMOUS ARE DARWIN, NEWTON AND LIVINGSTONE.
