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The sights of London
1.
PRESENTATION ON THE THEME:SIGHTS OF LONDON
Presentation is prepared by:
Ivan Afanasyev and Goncharova Violetta
Group: 7КСК
2. The symbol and the flag.
The United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern
Ireland uses as its national flag
known as the Union
Flag or Union Jack.
The symbol of England is red
rose.
3. Trafalgar Square
It is the central square ofLondon and traditional
place for people to meet.
4. The Houses of Parliament
It is a place where theBritish Government sits.
It consists of three parts:
the Royal Apartments, the
House of Lords and the
House of Commons.
5. Big Ben
It’s a clock in the tower andit is a big bell.
You can hear it every hour.
It weighs 13.5 tons.
6. Tower Bridge
It is the oldest andfamous bridge across the
Thames.
It was made of wood by
the Romans, but it was
often burnt down.
Later it was made of
stone.
7. The Tower of London
It has a long history. In thepast it was a fortress, a
prison, a castle and a zoo.
It was built to protect the
city from the enemies. There
are a lot of ravens at this
place.
Nowadays this building is a
very popular museum.
8. Buckingham Palace
It’s the London home ofthe Queen.
Buckingham Palace was
built between 1702 and
1705.
The palace is open to
public.
9. Fish and chips.
A dish consisting of fish,deep fried, and cut into
large slices of french fries.
10. Oxford Street
It is the biggestshopping street in
London.
There are 548 shops in
Oxford Street.
11. The London Eye
It’s the biggest observationwheel in the world.
It is situated on the banks
of the River Thames in
Central London
It’s height is 135 meters.
12. The Queen Elizabeth II and her son.
Queen of GreatBritain
rules from 1952 to the
present.
Charles, Prince of Wales
13. Oxford
Oxford is a very oldand very famous
university
town. It is not far
From London.
14. London bus.
And the last symbol in ourlist is the London bus
which is known all over the
world.
15. Madame Tussauds museum
Wax Museum inLondon Marylebone,
created in 1835 by
sculptor Maria
Tussauds.
16. Hyde Park
The 1.4 km² Royal Park isin central London. From
the west, adjacent to it are
Kensington Gardens. The
traditional place of
political meetings,
festivals and celebrations.
17. Wembley Arena
An indoor sports andentertainment complex at
Wembley in the London
borough Brent.
Competitions in the
framework of the 1948
and 2012 Summer
Olympics were held at the
arena.
18. Unkown soldiers grave
The world's first memorialto the unknown soldier.
The grave contains the
ashes of an unidentified
British soldier killed in the
European theater of war
during the First World
War.
19. Nelson's Column
Monument locatedin the center of
Trafalgar Square in
London
20. BT Tower
Broadcasting station incentral London with a
height of 189 meters.
Belongs to the British
company BT Group. Until
1992, it was called the
British Telecom Tower.
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