Great Britain

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Great Britain
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• Capital city London
• Area 244,110 km²
• People 60 094 648
• The official language English
• Queen Elizabeth II.

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• Great Britain describes the combination of
  England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Capital cities England London Scotland
Edinburgh Wales Cardif Northern Ireland Belfast
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Buckingham Palace

• Buckingham Palace is the main royal residence. In
  1913 it was reconstructed in Classical style.
• Everyday, at 11,30 a.m. you can watch the
  colorful ceremony of Changing the Guard in full
  dress uniform.
• The Queen Victoria monument in front of
  Buckingham Palace was completed in 1911.

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Tower Bridge

• Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension
  bridge in London, England over the River Thames.
• Tower Bridge was finished in 1894. It is about
  200 feet long.
• Between its twin gothic towers there are
  drawbridges which are raised in about a minute
  and a half to allow ships to pass.

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Madame Tussauds

• Madame Tussauds is a famous wax museum in
  London.
• Madame Tussaud's wax museum has now grown to
  become a major tourist attraction in London.
• Madame Tussauds wax museum has expanded with
  branches in Amsterdam, Las Vegas, New York, Hong
  Kong and Shanghai, with additional locations
  scheduled to open in Hollywood and Washington,
  D.C.

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The Houses of Parliament

• The Palace of Westminster, also known as the
  Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in
  London is where the two Houses of the Parliament
  of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the
  House of Commons) meet to conduct their business.
  
• The Houses of Parliament, the late-Gothic style
  buildings were begun in 1840 and the first
  parliament here was held in 1852.
• Its most popular part is the 316 feet high tower
  with the worlds biggest clock and a huge bell
  known as Big Ben which weighs more than thirteen
  tons.

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