2. LONDON
• London is the capital and largest city
of England and the United Kingdom.Standing on
the River Thames in the south-east of England, at
the head of its 50-mile estaury leading to
the North Sea, London has been a major
settlement for two millennia. Londinium was
founded by the Romans.
3. LONDON
• London is considered to be one of the world's most
important global cities and has been called the
world's most powerful, most desirable, most
influential,most visited, most
expensive,sustainable, most investment-friendly, and
most-popular-for-work city. In 2012, London
became the first city to have hosted three
modern Summer Olympic Games.
4. LONDON SIGHTS
• London contains four World Heritage Sites:
the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site
comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster
Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic
settlement in Greenwich where the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich defines the Prime
Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean
Time.
5. LONDON
• Other landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's
Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square and The Shard. London has numerous museums,
galleries, libraries and sporting events. These include the British Museum, National
Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern, British Library and West End
theatres. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world.
6. • "London" is an ancient name,
already attested in the first
century AD, usually in the
Latinised form Londinium;for
example, handwritten Roman
tablets recovered in the city
originating from AD 65/70-80
include the word Londinio ("in
London").
LONDON
7. • During the Tudor
period the Reformation p
roduced a gradual shift
to Protestantism, and
much of London property
passed from church to
private ownership, which
accelerated trade and
business in the city.
LONDON
8. • Over 300 languages
are spoken in
London.
• Big Ben Is Not The
Name For The Tower.
• London Has 170
Museums.
• London Buses Were
Not Always Red
LONDON -
INTERESTING FACTS
9. • The Tower of London houses
six ravens.
• London is one of the richest
cities, with more than 70
billionaires.
• London is the smallest city in
England.
• Most Londoners don’t live in
London
LONDON-
INTERESTING FACTS
10. LONDON-INTERESTING FACTS
• Rainy London isn’t very rainy…
The capital is known worldwide for being a rainy city. Except for the fact, that it’s not true at all. London
actually sees less rain than Rome, Miami, and Sydney both in terms of volume and number of rainy days.
11. LONDON
• London was bombed by the
Germans during the First World War, and
during the Second World War, the
Blitz and other bombings by the
German Luftwaffe killed over 30,000
Londoners, destroying large tracts of
housing and other buildings across the city.
