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London - a capital to Great Britain - one of the most interesting city of the world.

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.

London Park Speaking about parks we can always see many people here listening to others or just heaving their rest. Hide Park with its Speaker's Corner is also in London. Among other parks are Kensington Gardens, St. James Park. In the West End is Buckingham Palace, which is the Queen's Residence, and the Palace of Westminster the seat of Parliament. The best-known streets here are Whitehall with important Government offices, Downing Street, the London residence of Prime Minister and the place where cabinet meets, Fleet Street where most newspapers have their offices, Harley Street where the highest paid doctors live, and some others. There are many statues and monuments there. I think that the majority is devoted to the famous and outstanding people.

Museum London generous on museum. Any travellier can find itself spectacle on taste. The Amateur of the local exotic thing, possible, will museum London“koknu" - scolded true londoners or waxy figure madam Tyusso (Madame Tussauds). The Admirers of the technology is peeked in Cabaret Mechanical Theatre - a museum automaton and mechanical sculptures, located in most town centre on Kovent-Garden. On Kovent-Garden is found one more typically english museum - a famous London museum of the public transport (London Transport Museum), in spite of its prosaic name, promising much curious, since exactly first omnibuses appeared in London and the first родъемная railway - a metro. Connoisseur and literature expect building-museum Freyda, Dikkensa and, certainly, not unknown house SHerloka Holmsa

Museum Madam Tyusso The Museum madam Tyusso in London (fr. Madame Tussauds) is most big and the known in the world museum the waxy figures, which the main part exposure is found in capital of the Great Britain (the region Merilebon). On condition for present -day in London museum is situated more then thousand waxy exhibit different epoches.

British Museum in London is the main historical and Archaeological Museum of Great Britain and is regarded as one of the largest museums in the world. This is truly an ancient and beautiful landmark in London, which is among the major historical and cultural legacies of the British people.

The history of the Museum The British Museum was founded in 1753, the first collections of rare works of art by the famous English physician and naturalist Hènsa Sloan, and Earl Robert Harley and antiquarian Robert cotton 's. Note that Robert Cotton had their libraries, books which subsequently formed the basis of the current British Library building. Creation of the Museum was approved normative-legal act of the British Parliament. Originally, the Museum was located in Montagu House, an aristocratic building, which was located in London's Bloomsbury district. For visitors it was opened only in 1759. Collections of museum collections increased primarily due to the acquisition of antique vases by William Hamilton in 1772, and marbles from 1804 to 1814 Townley years as well as purchased in 1810, Grevilâ minerals. In 1815, the British Parliament decided to buy back the priceless masterpieces of bribeable Athenian Parthenon and pass them to the Museum. Most of the Museum's acquisitions such as Rosetta Stone hit the United Kingdom under very strange circumstances. Egypt and Greece, from the territories of the British Empire systematically took out the ancient monuments of culture, still require their return. In the mid-19 century British Museum went through a particularly turbulent period of its growth and prosperity. The collections were divided into divisions, including Numismatic, which stores the medals and coins of different countries and eras, including ancient Greek, Persian, as well as meeting King George IV.

London Eye The London Eye is a huge Ferris wheel, located in the heart of London. Fairly new but already popular and sirokoizvestnaa attraction of the city. It offers beautiful views of the whole of Central London. Circle on the Ferris wheel must make every guest of the English capital to assess the size and beauty of the city. The London Eye is one of the modern attractions of the city. The Ferris wheel was erected in honor of the coming millennium, the second millennium. The London Eye is a project by architects David Marks and Julia Barfield. Erection of a Ferris wheel took 6 years, its doors opened December 31, The London Eye is enough speed to slow to just 0. 9 miles per hour (26 centimeters per second), and one full rotation takes approximately 30 minutes. For boarding/alighting passengers London Ferris wheel does not stop (except for boarding or deplaning of disabled and elderly people). Each year the London Eye approximately 3 million tourists.

Big Ben is the name of the largest of the six bells of Westminster Palace in London, often this title belongs to the clock and the clock tower in General [1], which from September 2012, officially called the "Tower of the Queen Elizabeth» There are two theories as to the origin of this name. According to the first, at the time the heaviest Bell is 13. 7 tons-got its name Big Ben (Big Ben) in honor of Sir Benjamin Hall, who directed the works of casting bells. According to another, Big Ben was named in honor of Benjamin personnel around, very popular at that time, Boxer in the heavyweight division. [edit] Tower

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge has stood over the River Thames in London since 1894 and is one of the finest bridges in the World.

Museums and art galleries of London. Tate Gallery

Buckingham Palace It’s the London home of the Queen. Buckingham Palace was built for John, first Duke of Buckingham, between 1702 and 1705. Changing the guards takes place there. The palace is open to public.

Oxford Street It is the biggest shopping street in London. There are 548 shops in Oxford Street. Each Christmas the street is decorated with festive lights. In mid- to late November a celebrity turns on the lights and they remain on until 6 January

Trafalgar Square

Piccadilly Statue on border the city of London

Queen Victoria Memorial

Globe Theatre The original Globe Theatre was built in 1599 by the playing company to which Shakespeare belonged.

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