Cambridge (English Cambridge, literally "the bridge through the Kam River")

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Cambridge (English Cambridge,
literally "the bridge through the Kam
River") — the city in Great Britain
which is in the east of England, the
administrative center of the county
allocated to the certain area with the
status of "city" in the southern part
of not metropolitan County of
Cambridgeshire, one of the oldest
university centers of Europe. In the
city there is one of the best
universities of the world with which
87 Nobel laureates are connected.

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It is located in 70 km to the north from
London, on the Kem River (inflow of the
Ouse River). The area of the territory is 41
km ² (the 316th place among the
administrative regions of England).

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Since the Middle Ages the Cambridge had
the correct planning and architectural
complexes of colleges grouped around the
rectangular yards. The Cambridge is located:
Romance round church of the Sacred coffin
(about 1101 — 1130), late Gothic chapel of
King's College London (1446 — 1515),
classical library of Trinity College (1676 —
1684, architect K. Wren) and senate of the
university (1722 — 1730, architect J. Gibbs).
In the museum Fitsvilyama there are
university archaeological and art collections.

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Interesting facts
On streets of Cambridge it is forbidden
to play tennis

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National food and drinks
Punch
They say that this drink was invented by
the English seamen who made
swimmings to India.
Punch – from Hindi means figure 5:
such amount of obligatory ingredients
is present at this drink: rum, wine, fruit
juice, sugar or honey, spices (most often
cinnamon and clove). Today punch call
the cocktail containing pieces of fruit.

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The dish "fish-and-chips" (fish and chips) is
true high-calorie "bomb": the fish fillet of
the deepest freezing heated in the
microwave oven and baked in pastry,
doubtful meat pies yes of a "tikka masala"
chicken dish which is considered traditional
British, though is borrowed from Hindus in
colonizer times.
British use beef, pork, veal, mutton. Meat is
baked entirely with blood and fried on a
frying pan. As a rule, it is fried not to full
readiness.

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