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LETS LEARN MORE ABOUT GREAT BRITAIN!

• Places of interests in
• Great Britain

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• Britain is rich in its historic places which link
  the present with the past.

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In my opinion the most interesting of them are

• Stonehenge
• Greenwich
• Wimbledon

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• Stonehenge, one of the best-known archeological
  sites in the world, is probably the most
  mysterious place in England. Lying on Salisbury
  Plain in Wiltshire, this group of huge stones has
  always attracted both tourists and scientists
  trying to solve the mystery surrounding its
  origin.

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• The first stones appeared here in 3100 ?? but
  it was only in 2100 ?? that
  Stonehenge began to resemble the shape that we
  know today. The complex stone structure included
  a circle of 30 upright stones, their tops linked
  also by stones, to form a continuous circle about
  30 m across.

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• It is unknown where these huge stones came from.
  The latest theory, and the most probable one,
  says that they must have been brought here by a
  glacier.
• What is interesting is that whoever
  built Stonehenge did not place the stones at
  random the builder must have been a good
  mathematician and familiar with the rules of
  perspective.

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• The whole construction could have been an
  astronomical observatory, made for observing the
  eclipse of the Moon.

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WIMBLEDON
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WIMBLEDON

• Wimbledon is tennis. Every year, since 1877, the
  place has been closely connected with tennis
  tournaments, which are unofficially regarded as
  the world championships. Every tennis player
  simply dreams of playing at Wimbledon, not to
  mention winning there. The Wimbledon championship
  is one of the sport's four Grand Slam events.

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• Wimbledon is not far from central London, only a
  40-minute-drive from the West End. The district
  of Wimbledon is actually worth visiting and not
  only because of the tennis tournament. Wimbledon
  began growing during the 16th century, but
  archaeological research shows that people had
  already been living there in prehistoric times.
  The man responsible for popularizing Wimbledon
  was Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter who, among other
  things, improved the road to London. Gradually
  people built houses there and opened shops and
  this is how Wimbledon became an integral part of
  London.

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• Wimbledon has always been a sports centre in the
  19th century it was the meeting place of the
  National Rifle Association and the scene of many
  duels. Then it also became the home of the AH
  England Croquet Club, which later changed into
  the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club,
  whose tournaments gradually became the most
  important sports event in the world.

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GREENWICH

• In the 18th century Greenwich was only a
  riverside village near London. Today it is part
  of London and you can get there by the river
  Thames, on special regular cruises from
  Westminster, Charing Cross, and Tower Piers.
  Greenwich has the oldest London park - Royal
  Park, as well as being home to magnificent
  buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

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OLD ROYAL OBSERVATORY

• The Observatory was built in the 17th century
  when Charles II appointed John Flamsteed to be
  the first Astronomer Royal who devised how to
  calculate time at sea. This was essential for
  exploring and mapping the globe.
• Today in the Observatory you can see the largest
  telescope in Britain and take part in special
  shows in the Observatory Planetarium.

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• The most important thing Greenwich is famous for
  is, of course, the Greenwich Meridian, which runs
  through the observatory's courtyard. It is an
  imaginary line joining the North and South Pole.
  Since 1884 the whole world has set its clocks
  according to the time of day on Meridian of
  Greenwich, Longitude 0.

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I think that these places are so interesting!

• THE END

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