London
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- 2. LONDON
- 3. • London is the capital of England
- 4. • The Greater London Urban Area has
- 5. THE CITY
- 6. • The City of London is a
- 7. THE CITY
- 8. THE CITY
- 10. THE TOWER THE TOWER OF LONDONOF LONDON
- 11. • Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress
- 12. THE TOWER OF LONDONTHE TOWER OF LONDON
- 13. THE TOWER OF LONDONTHE TOWER OF LONDON
- 14. THE TOWER OF LONDONTHE TOWER OF LONDON
- 15. • Executions • Lower-class criminals were usually
- 16. THE TOWER OF LONDONTHE TOWER OF LONDON
- 17. TOWER BRIDGE
- 18. • It is close to the Tower
- 20. St Paul's Cathedral
- 21. • The present building dates from the
- 22. St Paul's Cathedral
- 23. National Gallery
- 24. • The National Gallery in London, founded
- 25. Bank of England
- 26. • The Bank of England is the
- 27. British Library
- 28. • The British Library (BL) is the
- 29. • The Library is open to everyone
- 30. British MUSEUM
- 31. • The British Museum is a museum
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LONDON
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LONDON
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London is the capital of England and the United
Kingdom
(UK). It is the UK's largest and most populous
metropolitan area and the largest urban zone in the
European Union by most measures. • London is one of the world's largest financial centres . • It is a major tourist destination for both domestic and overseas visitors. • London has a diverse range of peoples, cultures, and religions, and more than 300 languages are spoken within its boundaries. • In July 2007 it had an official population of 7,556,900 within the boundaries of Greater London , making it the most populous municipality in the European Union.
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The Greater London Urban Area has a population
of 8,278,251
while the metropolitan area has an estimated total population
of between 12 million and 14 million . • London Heathrow
Airport is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. • The first major settlement was founded by the Romans in 43 AD . • London became home to a large number of immigrants , largely from Commonwealth countries such as Jamaica , India , Bangladesh and Pakistan , making London one of the most diverse cities in Europe.
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THE CITY
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The City of London is a small area
within Greater
London. • It is the historic core of London around
which the modern city grew. • The City is today a major
business and financial centre. There are over 500 banks with offices in the City.THE CITY
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THE CITY
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THE TOWER THE TOWER
OF LONDONOF LONDON
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Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress , known
as the
Tower of London (and historically as The Tower ),
is a historic fortress in central London, on the north
bank of the River Thames. • The tower's primary function was a fortress , a royal palace , and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the Tower and the future Queen Elizabeth I). • It has also served as a place of execution and torture , an armoury , a treasury , the Royal Mint , a public records office , an observatory , and since 1303, the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. THE TOWER OF LONDONTHE TOWER OF LONDON
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At the centre of
the Tower of London stands the White Tower built
in 1078.
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Executions
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Lower-class criminals were usually executed by
hanging at one of
the public execution sites outside the Tower. High-profile convicts
were publicly beheaded on Tower Hill. Some were beheaded on
Tower Green, inside the complex, and then buried there. • Crown Jewels • The Crown Jewels have been kept at the Tower of London since 1303. • Ghosts • The Tower of London is reputedly the most haunted building in England.THE TOWER OF LONDONTHE TOWER OF LONDON
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TOWER BRIDGE
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It is close to the Tower of London, which
gives
it its name. • Construction started in 1886 and took eight
years. • The bridge was officially opened on 30 June 1894 . • The
bridge is 800 feet ( 244 m ) in length with two towers each 213 feet ( 65 m ) high. • The total cost of construction was £1,184,000[6] (£96.6 million as of 2010 ).TOWER BRIDGE
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St Paul's Cathedral
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The present building dates from the 17th century and was
designed by Sir Christopher Wren . • The cathedral is one
of London's most famous and most recognisable sights. At 365
feet ( 111m ) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is also among the highest in the world. • St Paul's Cathedral today is a busy working church. Daily services are held every day to which all are welcome to attend . Whilst the Cathedral charges for those who wish to sightsee , it does not charge for people who want to worship . Those attending services at St Paul's do so at no cost. People seeking a place to be quiet and pray are admitted to the St Dunstan's Chapel free of charge . Admission on Sundays for all services is free and there is no sightseeing.St Paul's Cathedral
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National Gallery
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The National Gallery in London, founded in
1824 , houses
a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from
the mid-13th century to 1900. • The Old building of National
Gallery opened to the public on 10 May 1824. • The old building of National Gallery was frequently overcrowded and hot and its diminutive size. • In 1832 construction began on a new building by William Wilkins .National Gallery
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Bank of England
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The Bank of England is the central bank of the
whole of the United Kingdom. It was established in
1694. • The Bank's headquarters has been located in London's main
financial district , the City of London. • The Bank has a monopoly on the issue of banknotes . The Bank of England has issued banknotes since 1694. Notes were originally hand- written; although they were partially printed from 1725 onwards. Notes were fully printed from 1855. Until 1928 all notes were "White Notes", printed in black. Bank of England
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British Library
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The British Library (BL) is the national library of the
United Kingdom. It is located in London and is
one of the world's largest research libraries, holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats; books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and much more. Its book collection is second only to the American Library of Congress. The Library's collections include around 25 million books, along with substantial additional collection of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. • The BL receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, including all foreign books distributed in the UK. It also purchases many items which are only published outside Britain and Ireland. The British Library adds some three million items every year. British Library
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The Library is open to everyone who has a need
to use its collections. Anyone with a permanent address
who wishes to carry out research can apply for
a Reader Pass ; they are required to provide proof of signature and address for security purposes. • The British Library makes a number of images of items within its collections available online . • The British Library Sound Archive holds more than a million discs and 200,000 tapes . The collections come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound from music , drama and literature to oral history and wildlife sounds , stretching back over more than 100 years. • It is also possible to listen to recordings from the collection in selected Reading Rooms in the Library through their S oundServer and Listening and Viewing Service . • The Library has an almost complete collection of British and Irish newspapers since 1840 . This is because newspapers are required to supply a copy of each edition of a newspaper to the library. British Library
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British MUSEUM
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The British Museum is a museum of human
history and
culture situated in London. Its collections, which number more
than seven million objects , are amongst the largest in
the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present. • The British Museum was established in 1753 . • The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 . • Though principally a museum of cultural art objects and antiquities today, the British Museum was founded as a "universal museum". • The British Museum was the first of a new kind of museum - national, freely open to the public and aiming to collect everything.British MUSEUM
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