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Trafalgar Square
In the centre of Trafalgar Square is Nelson’s Column, guarded by four lion statues.
It commemorates the battle of Trafalgar, a British naval victory on Napoleon.
At the back there is the National Gallery.
There is also a temporary statue that represents a child on a horse.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square.
Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid 13th century to 1900.
Its collection belongs to the public of the United Kingdom and the entry is free.
The Gallery is the fourth most visited art museum in the world.
PICCADILLY CIRCUS
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public square in the West End, City of Westmister.
It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street in the West End.
Piccadilly Circus is surrounded by illuminated advertising hoardings on buildings.
Carnaby Street
Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised street in
Soho district, near Oxford Street. It became popular for “Mod style”
in 60’s.
Today Carnaby Street is full of shops and
restaurants and it is populare among
teenagers and turists for shopping.
OXFORD STREET
It is one of the most famous street of London, in the city of Westminster.
It is two and half kilometres long: from Oxford Circus to St. Giles Circus and it has approximately 300 shops.
TATE GALLERY
The Tate Gallery is a part of four art museums.
It was called National Gallery of British.
It was founed in 1897.
There is a collection of International Modern and
Contemporary Art.
TATE MODERN
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery in London.
It holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and is the most-
visited modern art gallery in the world.
VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
Victoria and Albert Museum is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection.
Named after Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, it was founded in 1852 .
The Houses of Parliament
The Palace of Westminster is the
meeting place of the House of Commons
and the House of Lords, the two houses
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Palace is on the River Thames in the City of Westminster,
central London.
COVENT GARDEN
In 1540 Covent Garden was the vegetable garden of Westminster Abbey
Then it became a market for fruit and vegetables and now is a theatre.
There are a lots of shops for tourists.
In the square there are street artists.
Liberty is a shop in Regent Street in Central London.
It sells ornaments,fabric and objet art from Japan.
It took the name from Arthur Lasenby Liberty.
In the 1890s, the store became one of the most prestigious in London.
LYBERTY SHOP LONDON
Hyde Park
Hyde Park is one of the largest Royal Parks in central London. It is divided by the Serpentine into Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens and covers 253 hectares. It was acquired in 1536 by Henry VIII, as an hunting ground, until Charles I opened it to the general public.
Madame Tussauds is a museum of wax statues representing famous peoples. Visitors can see their idols - queens, kings, actors, singers football-players …
CITY
The city is the business and financial centre.
and it is governed by the City of London Corporation.
St. Paul’s Cathedral
The Cathedral is one of the most famous in London. It was the tallest building in
London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is
also one of the highest in the world.
St Paul's is the second largest church in the
United Kingdom. It is on Ludgate Hill,
the highest point in the City of London.
30 St Mary Axe
30 St Mary Axe, also
called ”the Gherkin”, is
a skyscraper in the City
of London.
It was
completed in 2003 and
opened in 2004.
It has 41 floors and it is
180 metres high.
It has become an iconic
symbol of London.
Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens are the Royal Botanic Gardens, in the southwest
of London between Richmond and Kew.
The River Thames
The River Thames flows through southern England.
Its course starts in south west England and ends east of central London
It is the longest river in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom, behind the River Severn.
Greenwich
Royal Greenwich is the
palace which gives its name
to the Greenwich Meridian
passing through it.
It was the birthplace of Henry VIII
and Elizabeth I.
There is a park with a statue
of a commander of the British
expedition in Quebec.