The sights of london

1. 1 Buckingham Palace
2 Tower of London
3 The House of Parliament
4 Tower Bridge
5 St. Paul’s Cathedral
6 Tower of London
7 Trafalharskay area
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Buckingham Palace is the Queens official and main royal
London home. It has been the official London residence of
Britain’s monarchy since 1837. This small town with its
own police departament, two postal offices, hospitals, two
sports club, a cinema and a swimming pool. There are
about 600 rooms and about 3 miles of red carpet tracks in
the palace

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It’s the London’s oldest building. Since it was built by William the
Conqueror in the XI ceuntry, this castle has been a Royal place, a
prison, a place of execution, a zoo, the Royal Mint and an
observatory. The Tower of London was a prison and many famous
prisoners were held there. It held prisoners from the middle and
upper classes. Today it’s a museum and houses the Crown Jewels.
There is a gift shop.

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Palace of Westminster is the place where the meeting of the House of
Commons and House of Lords, the two Chambers of Parliament of the
United Kingdom. It’s name comes from the nearby Westminster Abbey,
also refers to none of two structures: the Old Palace, a medieval building
complex, which was destroyed by fire in 1834, and it’s replacement-the
New Palace, which stands today. For ceremonial purposes, the palace
retained it’s original style and status of the Royal residence. At the north
end of the building, by Westminster Bridge, there is the famous Clock
tower, Big Ben. In fact Big Ben is really the name of the bell in the tower,
not of the clock

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Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and
suspension bridge in London, England,
over the river Thames. The name comes
from London Tower, which is quite close.
Construction began in 1886 and lasted
eight years. It has become an iconic
symbol of London

6. *St. Paul’s
Cathedral
St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. On of the symbols of the city and the Anglican
Communion as a whole. Located in the city. Building in Baroque style in the years
1675-1708 under the project of sir Cristopher Wren. He grew up on the ruins of the
medieval cathedral, which burned during the terrible fire in 1666. Under the dome of
the cathedral are 3 Gallery: Gallery internal “whisper” and exterior stone and gold.
Gallery Whispers named by architects feature not provided it’s acoustics: a word
spoken, even whispered at one end of the gallery repeatedly echo walls, resulting in
his hearing 30 meters from the opposite side. There are concerts and masses, but
get very difficult because of the large number of applicants enjoy excellent acoustics
the old organ, which he played Mendelson.

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Trafalharskaya area-the most important square in central London,
where are three major streets. Originally the area was called King
William IV, and received it’s present name in honor of the Royal fleet
victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The area is located in the city
center and is a popular tourist attraction. At the center is Nelson’s
Column height of 45 meters, which is guarded by four statues of lions.
In the area there are many other monuments and statues, some exposed
temporarily. In addition, there a lot of political demonstrations.