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”When a man is tired of London,
he is tired of life,
for there is in London
all that life can afford.”
Samuel Johnson
London
is a patchy and unplanned town. Here everyone
finds his or her favourite holes and corners. The
best way to see London properly is by walking.
Another way to get a real glimpse of the real
London is to sit upstairs on a doubledecker bus.
You can also get your bearings from a trip up or
down the River Thames. You can easily get
around by the London underground called The
Tube or why not take a taxi…?
The London underground – The Tube
…an easy way to get around in London.
Or why not go by taxi…?
This is the area we´re
going to visit!
Buckingham Palace
is the main London home of the Royal family since Queen Victoria
moved here in 1837 when she acceded to the throne. Nowadays it´s
Elizabeth II who is the queen of Great Britain.
God Save the Queen
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!
Prince Charles
is the queen´s eldest
son!
O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
Oh, save us all!
Most of the everyday crowds come to see the
Changing of the Guard
at 11.30 every morning outside the palace.
The New Guard, which marches up from
Wellington Barracks, meets the Old Guard in
the fore court of the palace and they
exchange symbolic keys to the
accompaniment of regimental music.
No. 10 Downing Street
is the official residence of the prime minister of Great Britain.
Tony Blair was elected prime minister of the United Kingdom
in 1997.
The river Thames
is London´s main artery: a
trip up and down this
historic highway is the
best way to get acquainted
with the city.
The clock tower
of the Houses of Parliament has become a symbol of London. It
rises up nearly 330 ft (100 metres) to a spire above the clock and a
13-ton hour bell nicknamed Big Ben after a rather fat official called
Sir Benjamin Hall.
Westminister Abbey
is the most historic and religious
building in the Great Britain.
Most of the present abbey was built
in the 13th century.
Until the 16th century the abbey
was an important monastery and
the monks translated and copied
important books and manuscripts.
They also ran a school to teach
reading and writing in English and
Latin. Henry VIII dissolved the
monasteries in 1534 when he
quarrelled with the pope but
Westminister Abbey continued to
be used as the royal church for
coronations and burials, and still is.
The Tower of London
is one of the city´s great attractions with its medieval
palace and fort. Being guardian of the crown jewels and
steeped in the blood of martyrs, it brings history to life.
The crown jewels are the major attraction but you can
also see inscriptions in the walls from many eminent
prisoners sentenced to death.
The Beefeaters are the wardens of The Tower.
Tower Bridge
was built 1894 and is a masterpiece of Victorian
Gothic architecture. It has really become a symbol of
London. During the days when the capital was a
flourishing port, it opened several times a day.
These days the bridge opens around 500 times a year.
Tower Bridge at night
Rising majestically above the
wartime smoke, miraculously
unharmed, was the magnificent
dome of
St Paul´s Cathedral.
This is undoubtedly Sir
Christopher Wren´s greatest
work. Much of the building
was destroyed in the Great Fire
of 1666. The construction of
the new cathedral started in
1675 when Wren was 43 years
old. The architect was 78 years
old when his son finally laid
the highest stone of the lantern
on the central cupola in 1710.
In 1805 the British fleet under
Admiral Lord Nelson secured a
decisive victory against
Napoleon´s navy at the Battle
of Trafalgar off the Atlantic
coast of Spain, establishing
Britain as ruler of the waves.
Nelson was fatally wounded in
the encounter, and in 1842 was
remembered in the building of
Trafalgar Square.
London has more green spaces than any other city of its size in
the world. Each has something different to offer and each has its
own special flavour.
The West End
is the entertainment
centre of the capital.
Here we see pictures
from Leicester
Square and Piccadilly
Circus.
And when you´ve
walked around
London and enjoyed
the atmosphere,
why not have a nice
cup of afternoon tea
at the Ritz?
Charles Dickens
was a great Victorian writer (1812 – 1870).
He was brought to London at an early age, and started work in
a boot-blacking factory off the Strand. He became a reporter in
the House of Commons, and began to write books which
reflected areas and themes of London he knew well, such as
Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver Twist and David Copperfield.
William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
apparently arrived in London in about 1588, and by 1592 had
attained success as an actor and a playwright. Shakespeare’s
professional life in London was marked by a number of financially
advantageous arrangements that permitted him to share in the
profits of his acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Company,
later called the King’s Men, and its two theatres, the Globe
Theatre and the Blackfriars.
Goodnight London, surely we´ll return…