Presentation on Attractions different countries England Buckingham

Presentation on Attractions different countries England

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is located across the street from Pall Mall and white marble with gold monument to Queen Victoria. Despite the luxuries apartments of the palace, which houses a lot of family jewels, not all who lived there were happy. Summer palace is visited by about 30, 000 guests take part in a reception in the royal garden, where there is a lake and waterfalls. Picture of the natural world complement flamingo birds, which do not disturb the peace, even the royal helicopters circling over the garden. It is the place many royal ceremonies. Royal stables with horses, blankets, with a magnificent state coach, painted by Italian artist Cipriani and more modern carriages and motor vehicles are also open to the public.

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey - one of the most remarkable specimens of early English Gothic architecture. Abbey was laid by Edward the Confessor in 1605, on the very spot where 500 years ago there was a temple. Abbey - so it is popularly called in England, although officially it is called "the Cathedral Church of St Peter at Westminster" - was built almost entirely in the XIII century, during the reign of King Henry III. There were crowned kings of England for more than 600 years, and is buried here, most of them. Founder of Westminster Abbey zahoronёn in the Chapel of Edward the Confessor, and his tomb, which reflects the following centuries, was for hundreds of years, a place of pilgrimage.

Tower of London

Tower of London Castle Tower with Tower Bridge over the centuries are immutable symbols of London. Today, it is a complex of buildings of different times, surrounded by two rows of broad city walls and towers, the Tower is located on the north bank of the Thames.

The National Gallery

The National Gallery The building is decorated with the London National Gallery Trafalgar Square since 1876 for its rich decoration with columns and facade sculptures. Exposition gallery is not a huge number of works of art by, but the quality is not inferior to the Louvre in Paris and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. The exhibition presents paintings by famous artists of the world, with the most iconic of their products. Collection of the National Gallery of London allows us to study the history of art the UK and Europe with the origins of its appearance. British art school Hogarth paintings are filled with satire, portraits and landscapes Lawrence and Gainsborough. Along with the British painting, you can get acquainted with a variety of paintings painters of Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. Here you can see such pearls of world culture as the "Virgin of the Rocks" by Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli several paintings, including "Venus and Mars", Titian, Tintoretto, Antonello de Messina. Dutch schools are famous Dutch painter Rubens, baths Dyck, Rembrandt, Kampen. In the gallery you can see works by famous Spanish artist Goya, El Greco, Zurbarán. London's National Gallery is rich in more than 2, 200 paintings and Western European painting XIII - XX centuries. , And is certainly one of the best of its kind. Entrance to the gallery free, daily 10 -18 h. , Friday - 10 -21 h. , The exhibition is closed from 24 to 26 December and 1 January, gallery address: London, Trafalgar Square, WC 2 N 5 DN.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a collection of ancient stones situated on the plains of Salisbury located in Wiltshire, 137 km west of London. The prehistoric remains of this monument date back approximately 5, 000 years, they consist of upright large stones placed in a circular pattern. The mysterious site is believed to have been part of a place of worship. The stones are placed precisely to align with the sunrise on the summer solstice. Each year visitors gather to witness the summer solstice sunrise. It is believed to have been used by Celtic pagans or Druids. The site is thought to produce spiritual energy and is visited by New Age worshipers and neo -pagans. Stonehenge has suffered from weather damage and human mistreatment of the site over the years. Scientists and archeologists believe that the construction took place over three stages – Stonehenge I, II and III. It is still unknown how the site's original 80 stones, which weighed about 4 tons each, were transported from their place of origin in the Preseli Mountains of Southern Wales to the site. On completion it would have consisted of two concentric circles of tall stones surrounding a horseshoe shape arrangement of another 10 upright stones. Of the original 30 upright stones which formed the outer circle 17 remain. 8 of the inner horseshoe stones remain. Among the most important stones remaining are the Altar Stone and the Slaughter Stone. Today there is a Visitor Center and tourists are not allowed to walk among the stones but can view them from a reasonable distance.

The British Museum

The British Museum The British Museum is a museum in London, founded in 1753. It contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities and (until 1997) one of the largest libraries in the world: British Library. The British Museum's collection of seven million objects representing the rich history of human cultures mirrors the city of London's global variety. It includes monuments of primitive and antique culture, Ancient East culture, the richest collection of engravings, pictures, ceramics, coins. Subscribe to a feed The British Museum library is now named the British national library. It was formed in 1973 from the British Museum library and other national collections. It has a copy of every book that is printed in the English language, so that there are more than six million books there. They receive nearly two thousand books and papers daily. The British Museum Library has a very big collection of printed books and manuscripts, both old and new. You can see beautifully illustrated old manuscripts which they keep in glass cases. You can also find there some of the first English books printed by Caxton was a printer who lived in the fifteenth century. He made the first printing-press in England. In the reading-room of the British Museum many famous men have read and studied. Charles Dickens, a very popular English writer and the author of 'David Copperfield', 'Oliver Twist', 'Dombey and Son' and other books, spent a lot of time in the British Museum Library. In no other museum can the visitor see so clearly the history of what it is to be human.

iron bridge

iron bridge Iron bridge - the invention of excellent master Abraham Derby and his assistants. Fabricated bridge in parts. When all the parts were ready, they were brought to the site and assembled in a few months. Iron bridge over 230 years. His appearance is characteristic of the architecture of the eighteenth century. However, the bridge was ahead of his time and became a symbol of the coming changes, technological breakthroughs, unusual inventions. Since that time, it was pretty risky idea, whose implementation required the engineers ingenuity and resourcefulness.

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral - a masterpiece created by Sir Christopher Wren. He stands in the same place where previously there were other temples, the latter temple was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Construction of the building of the cathedral began in 1675, and his last stone was laid in 1710. According to the view of many experts, this is is one of the most delightful Renaissance buildings in the world. Here it should be noted that the size of the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral is only surpassed the dome of St. Peter's in Rome. The inner dome of the cathedral is decorated with paintings of Sir James Tornhil. The delightful interior of the cathedral features the famous paintings, sculptures and works of art.