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Trafalgar Square

In the centre of Trafalgar Square is Nelson’s Column, guarded by four lion statues.

It commemorates the battle of Trafalgar, a British naval victory on Napoleon.

At the back there is the National Gallery.

There is also a temporary statue that represents a child on a horse.

THE NATIONAL GALLERY

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square.

Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid 13th century to 1900.

Its collection belongs to the public of the United Kingdom and the entry is free.

The Gallery is the fourth most visited art museum in the world.

PICCADILLY CIRCUS

Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public square in the West End, City of Westmister.

It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street in the West End.

Piccadilly Circus is surrounded by illuminated advertising hoardings on buildings.

Carnaby Street

Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised street in

Soho district, near Oxford Street. It became popular for “Mod style”

in 60’s.

Today Carnaby Street is full of shops and

restaurants and it is populare among

teenagers and turists for shopping.

OXFORD STREET

It is one of the most famous street of London, in the city of Westminster.

It is two and half kilometres long: from Oxford Circus to St. Giles Circus and it has approximately 300 shops.

TATE GALLERY

The Tate Gallery is a part of four art museums.

It was called National Gallery of British.

It was founed in 1897.

There is a collection of International Modern and

Contemporary Art.

TATE MODERN

Tate Modern is a modern art gallery in London.

It holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and is the most-

visited modern art gallery in the world.

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM

Victoria and Albert Museum is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection.

Named after Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, it was founded in 1852 .

The Houses of Parliament

The Palace of Westminster is the

meeting place of the House of Commons

and the House of Lords, the two houses

of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Palace is on the River Thames in the City of Westminster,

central London.

COVENT GARDEN

In 1540 Covent Garden was the vegetable garden of Westminster Abbey

Then it became a market for fruit and vegetables and now is a theatre.

There are a lots of shops for tourists.

In the square there are street artists.

Liberty is a shop in Regent Street in Central London.

It sells ornaments,fabric and objet art from Japan.

It took the name from Arthur Lasenby Liberty.

In the 1890s, the store became one of the most prestigious in London.

LYBERTY SHOP LONDON

Hyde Park

Hyde Park is one of the largest Royal Parks in central London. It is divided by the Serpentine into Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens and covers 253 hectares. It was acquired in 1536 by Henry VIII, as an hunting ground, until Charles I opened it to the general public.

Madame Tussauds is a museum of wax statues representing famous peoples. Visitors can see their idols - queens, kings, actors, singers football-players …

CITY

The city is the business and financial centre.

and it is governed by the City of London Corporation.

St. Paul’s Cathedral

The Cathedral is one of the most famous in London. It was the tallest building in

London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is

also one of the highest in the world.

St Paul's is the second largest church in the

United Kingdom. It is on Ludgate Hill,

the highest point in the City of London.

30 St Mary Axe

30 St Mary Axe, also

called ”the Gherkin”, is

a skyscraper in the City

of London.

It was

completed in 2003 and

opened in 2004.

It has 41 floors and it is

180 metres high.

It has become an iconic

symbol of London.

Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens are the Royal Botanic Gardens, in the southwest

of London between Richmond and Kew.

The River Thames

The River Thames flows through southern England.

Its course starts in south west England and ends east of central London

It is the longest river in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom, behind the River Severn.

Greenwich

Royal Greenwich is the

palace which gives its name

to the Greenwich Meridian

passing through it.

It was the birthplace of Henry VIII

and Elizabeth I.

There is a park with a statue

of a commander of the British

expedition in Quebec.