3. Westminster Abbey for the tourists is a perfect example of Western
architecture, a masterpiece of early EnglishGothic style, the Church with the
highest nave in England and the Pantheon, in which you can see the graves of
the most famous figures of the UK. But for the BritishWestminster Abbey has
greater significance, for the long years of its existence, it almost became the
symbol of the nation, its unity of purpose.
During the last 600 years the coronations take place here, so there are
the graves of the most monarchs, who were coronated here. And since the XVII
century other famous figures of England are buried here.There are graves of
the poets, writers, scientists, actors and politics.
In time of the reformation the building of the Abbey became the school
as Oxford and Kembridge.
5. The building of the Parliament is one of the most popular attractions of
London.The Parliament of the UK consists of the house of Lords and the house
ofCommons.
The Palace ofWestminster, in which the Parliament is located , is
considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. He rises his peaked
towers on the bank of the riverThames, being the ornament of the city and
attracts millions of tourists.
In the Palace, besides the famous towers, there are 1200 rooms, 100
staircases and about 5 km of corridors.
Tourists can only observe the work of the Parliament from public gallery
during the meeting or make a couple of photos from the outside.
7. Buckingham Palace is one of London's attractions, so this is the official
London residence of the Queen of England.The Queen receives state guests
here, and official ceremonies and events of the Royal family take place here too.
The Palace is located between the green Park, Hyde Park and St James
Park, in the heart of London.
19 state rooms, ball rooms and gardens are open to visitors in August and
September, it is time when the Queen leave this place.
In the halls you can see the real treasures of the Royal family.There are
pictures and interesting French and English furniture.
Changing of the guard takes place in the summer every day at 11.30 a.m.
and several days of winter in the courtyard of the Palace.
The ceremony lasts about 45 minutes, every person can see it free.
9. London tower - the third highest tower with a clock in the world. Its height
is 96 meters, and the clock is situated at a height of 55 meters from the ground.
Diameter of the dial is 7 meters, and the length of the arrows 4.2 and 2.7meters.
The clock has already celebrated 150 years.Today we don’t known , where came
the beginning of the name of the bell big Ben.According one of the theories, he
was called in honor of Benjamin Hall, who led the work on the bell, according to
the second theory, the bell bears the name of Benjamin Count, a popular boxer in
those years. Being the symbol of London, big Ben is also synonymous of
accuracy.The work of the mechanism is controlled by the coin in 1 penny.There
are Latin inscription in the basis of each of the dial, which in translation means
«The God save our QueenVictoria».
11. The London Eye - the Ferris wheel, which situated on the bank of the
riverThames, and which became one of the symbols of the city and one of the
favorite attractions of London.The wheel was launched in March 2000.The
London Eye reaches 135 meters in height and weighs 2100 tones.
32 capsules-cab move with a speed of 26 cm/second. Each full range of
wheels takes 30 minutes. All this time you can enjoy the wonderful view
stretching to 40 km in all directions. Being one of the most popular paid
tourist sightes in London and in the United Kingdom, the London eye is visited
by over 3.5 million people a year.
