London

          Basic information about London:

  • Population: about 8 000 000 mil.
  • Location: in UK, state England, on the river Thames
  • Area: 1572 km²
  • Time zone:  0( Greenwich)
  • Queen: Elizabeth II.
  • Sights: Buckingham Palace, Palace of Westminster, Big Ben, London Eye, Trafalgar Square
  • London is a capital of UK. London is a famous city in the world.

    Big Ben:

  • - the famous clocks in London
  • - is a part of Westminster Palace
  • - Big Ben is name of the biggest  bell of clocks
  • - The clocks are a sign of London, of UK
  • - Big Ben is one of the most famous sights in London

Westminster palace:

  • - it names also „Houses of Parliament“
  • - it is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
  • - Westminster Palace is in UNESCO

Buckingham palace:

  • - the palace built for Duke of Buckingham in 1703.
  • - now, there lives the Queen of UK, Elizabeth II.
  • -The Buckingham Palace Garden is the largest private garden in London.
  • - Buckingham palace is really nice sight in London and lot of tourists visit this palace

London eye:

  • - is the third biggest  sightseeing wheel in the world
  • - it is 135m high
  • - London Eye visted over 3 milions tourist in one year
  • - Wheel was built in 2000
  • - In wheel we can see every sight in London
  • -  it takes 30 minutes to go around

Tower bridge:

  • -Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, over the River Thames
  • -The Bridge was built in 1894
  • - it cost probably milion pounds
  • - It has become an iconic symbol of London.

Trafalgar square:

  • - is the square in central London
  • - the people in London come here to celebrate New Year
  • - in the middle of square is Nelson´s Column
  • -there are also fountains and statues of lions
  •  - near the square is National Gallery, South Africa house