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MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN LONDON  THE CITY  The City: Tower Bridge:
 * the most ancient and the most modern part of London
 * fortified citadel in Roman times
 * great financial centre
 * head offices of national newspapers
 * insurance companies
 * the Stock Exchange
 * Mansion House (residence of the Lord Mayor)
 * Opened in 1894
 * Two Levels
 * Gothic style
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Lifts
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Upper level
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ships
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Fantastic view of London from the observation area (north tower)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tower Bridge Museum - (original steam-driven machinery-south tower)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Tower of London:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Founded by William the Conqueror in 1066
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2.5 million visitors a year
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Crown Jewels
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The beefeaters
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tudor scarlet and gold dress uniform (1522)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Black ravens

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Saint Paul's Cathedral:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">XVII Century
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Sir. Cristopher Wren
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resting Place (painters and soldiers)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Weddings
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Views from the dome
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Whispering Gallery
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The crypt, Treasury, The Chapels

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">WESTMINSTER <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Houses of Parliament:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Palace of Westminster
 * Seat of the two houses of Parliament (Lord/Commons)since 1512
 * New Gothic
 * Finished in 1870
 * Two towers: Big Ben and Victoria Tower (1.5 million acts passed by the Parliament since 1497)
 * Union Jack ( it flies whenever parliament is sitting)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Westminster Abbey:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Royal Church
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The most beautiful Gothic building in Britain
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Important figures are buried there (poets and writers)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Royal Chapels, Royal Tombs and Shrine of St Edward, Coronation Chair

THE ROYAL RESIDENCES

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Kensington Palace: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Buckingham Palace: CULTURAL PLACES AND MUSEUMS Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A private country house adapted for royal residence
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Kensington Gardens
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">residence of Diana, Princess of Wales
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">State Apartments
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">London's sightseeing must
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Royal residence since 1837
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Changing of the Guard (11.00a.m./courtyard /45 minutes)
 * the place where Shakespeare's plays and tragedies were originally performed[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Southwark_reconstructed_globe.jpg/300px-Southwark_reconstructed_globe.jpg width="120" height="89"]]
 * burned down in 1613
 * recently rebuilt in the same style and dimensions

The British Museum
 * founded in 1753
 * works of man from prehistoric to modern times
 * antiquities from Africa, Asia and Europe
 * Rosetta Stone
 * marbles and sculptures from the Parthenon
 * the Portland Vase (example of Roman glass blowing)
 * two copies of the Magna Carta

The National Gallery
 * national collection of Western European paintings from 13th to 19th centuries
 * works by Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Renoir,Cezanne, Gainsborough, Turner, Constable, and Van Gogh

Madame Tussaud's Museum
 * collection of over 400 life-size wax models of famous and infamous people
 * sports heroes
 * politicians
 * models
 * singers
 * the Chamber of Horrors (notorious criminals and torture instruments

LONDON'S PARKS

Hyde Park:
 * the biggest and the most famous
 * 340 acres of woodlands, heaths, ornamental lakes and recreation areas
 * Speaker's Corner

Regent Park:
 * created in 1811 by John Nash as a private estate
 * London Zoo
 * a boating lake
 * onpen air theatre

St. James's Park (the oldest park/ near Buckingham Palace)

Green Park (near Buckingham Palace)

FAMOUS RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS

Saint Paul's Cathedral (see The City)

Westminster Abbey ( see Westminster)

OTHER TOURIST SIGHTS <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">London Eye:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Opened in January 2000
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The world's highest observation wheel
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">30 minute of "flight"
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Amazing view of London when the city is lit up