London

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London

• Sightseeing tour

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Big Ben

• Big Ben is one of Londons most famous
  landmarks. In fact, Big Ben is not the name
  of the clock on the Tower of Westminster
  (which is part of the Palace of Westminster),
  but it is the nickname of the bell inside.
  It is actually called the Great Bell of
  Westminster and was made in 1858.
• Nobody knows for sure why Big Ben is
  called Big Ben, but many people think it was
  something to do with Sir Benjamin Hall, a
  rather fat man who was in charge of the building
  works at Westminster and whose nickname was Big
  Ben.
• Even in this technological age, the clock is
  still wound by hand.

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The Tower of London

• The Tower of London is one of the worlds most
  famous buildings, and now welcomes two million
  visitors each year.It has been a palace, a
  prison, a royal mint and even a zoo!
• Today, the Tower is best know as a historical
  museum and more the to 1000000 people visit it
  each year. About 150 people and 8 ravens liven
  the tower. And of course the whole place is
  crawling with ghost.
• Today the 18 acre riverside site is home to the
  Crown Jewels, (sometimes popularly known as
  Beefeaters, who are the traditional guards at the
  tower) and the legendary ravens.

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The Houses of Parliament

• Home of the British Government, the building is
  actually called the Palace of Westminster, but is
  more commonly known as the Houses of
  Parliament.These are the elected House of
  Commons and the House of Lords, made up of
  hereditary and life peers

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St. Pauls Cathedral

• Work on this, the most impressive church in
  London began in 1675 to a design by Sir
  Christopher Wren. It was built to replace old St
  Paul's which was destroyed by the Great Fire of
  London in 1666.
• The present building has been luckier. It
  survived the World War II bombings which
  flattened a great many of the surrounding
  buildings.

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Westminster Abbey

• An architectural masterpiece of the thirteenth to
  sixteenth centuries, Westminster Abbey.It has
  been the setting for every coronation since 1066
  and for numerous other royal occasions. Today it
  is still a church dedicated to regular worship
  and to the celebration of great events in the
  life of the nation.
• Many British monarchs, writers, poets, musicians
  and scientists are also buried here.

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Trafalgar Square

• Trafalgar Square is in the centre of London. Some
  people say it is the most beautiful place in
  London. In the middle of it stands a tall column
  a monument to Admiral Nelson. There are two
  beautiful fountains there. Four bronze lions look
  at the square from the monument. There are two
  beautiful fountains in the square.

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The British Museum

• The largest and oldest national museum has
  mummies from Egypt, Roman antiquities found in
  the Thames, beautiful Japanese warriors clothes
  from hundreds of years ago, and Aztec death masks
  made of precious stones. No visit to London is
  complete without a visit to this most famous
  museum. You could even look at Lenins library
  ticket (the museum used to be attached to the
  British Library).

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Buckingham Palace

• Buckingham Palace is the London home of The Queen
  and Prince Philip. Queen Victoria was the first
  monarch to take up residence here after the
  architect John Nash transformed it from
  Buckingham House into a palace

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Try and guess

• It is in the centre of London. William the
  Conqueror built it in the eleventh century. It
  was a fortress, a palace, a prison and the Kings
  Zoo. Now it is a museum.
•  It is one of the greatest English churches. It
  is a beautiful building with many columns and
  towers. It is one of the great English churches.
  Sir Christopher Wren built it in the 17th
  century. It took Sir Christopher Wren 35 years.
•   The largest and oldest national museum
• Some people say it is the most beautiful place in
  London. In the middle of it stands a tall column
  a monument to Admiral Nelson. There are two
  beautiful fountains there.
•   The Home of the British Government.
•  It is the name of the large clock and the bell.
  You can hear its sound every hour in London.
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• It is one of the most famous and beautiful
  churches in London. It is more than nine hundred
  years old. Many English kings and queens are
  buried here.
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• The Queen of England lives here. It is a
  wonderful building with a monument in front of
  it which is the Queen Victoria Memorial