SIGHTS
THE UK INDIA RUSSIA
INDIA The Taj Mahal is in Agra, India. It is one of the Eight Wonders of the Modem World. The palace is made of white marble and precious stones. In the sunshine, the marble shines with different colours, like pink, yellow and grey.
THERE IS A MAIN DOME IN THE CENTRE THAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE PEARL AND THERE ARE FOUR MINARETS AT EACH COMER. INSIDE, THERE ARE TWO FLOORS EACH WITH EIGHT ROOMS. OUTSIDE, THERE IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL GARDEN WITH FOUR POOLS. THE TAJ MAHAL IS A FANTASTIC BUILDING.
THE UK Every year , millions of tourists come to London to see and listen to Big Ben But , what exactly is Big Ben? Most people think that Big Ben is the tall clock tower that stands above the Houses of Parliament. Well no ! Big Ben is not the clock tower. It is one of the four huge bells inside the tower. Its name comes from the bell's commissioner of works , Sir Benjamin Hall , or Ben.
The tower is 98 metres high. The bell inside the tower is 14 tons. The clock on the tower is also huge. Each of the four clockfaces is 7 metres wide. The hour hands are abous 3 metres long and the minuye hands are about 4 metres long. Perhaps one day you can go to London and see this amzing tourist attraction
RUSSIA Red Square is a city square in Moscow, Russia. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod. Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and all of Russia, because Moscow's major streets—which connect to Russia's major highways— originate from the square.
Origin and name The name Red Square does not originate from the pigment of the surrounding bricks (which, in fact, were whitewashed at certain times in history) nor from the link between the color red and communism. Rather, the name came about because the Russian word красная can mean either "red" or "beautiful“. This word, with the meaning "beautiful", was originally applied to Saint Basil's Cathedral and was subsequently transferred to the nearby square. It is believed that the square acquired its current name (replacing the older Pozhar, or "burnt-out place") in the 17 th century. Several ancient Russian towns, such as Suzdal, Yelets, and Pereslavl-Zalessky, have their main square named Krasnaya ploshchad.