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LONDON ATTRACTIONS
Lembi Loigu
Tartu MRG
The Palace of
Westminster
• Commonly known as the
Houses of Parliament
• The meeting place of the
House of Lords and the
House of Commons – the
British Parliament
• Its clock tower known as
Big Ben is the most wellknown symbol of London
The Tower of
London
• Dates back to 1066
• Has been a royal
residence, armoury,
treasury, mint and prison
• Guarded by Yeomen
Warders known as the
Beefeaters
• Home to the Royal
Ravens
• Houses the English
Crown Jewels
Tower Bridge
• Unique due to its two
towers
• Completed in 1894
• Can be opened to let
large ships through
• Has two upper level
walkways
• Now houses a
museum
The Millennium
Bridge
• A futuristic-looking
pedestrian bridge over
the Thames
• Opened to celebrate the
new millennium
• The first new bridge to
open in London since
Tower Bridge in 1894
• Connects Tate Modern
and St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral
• An Anglican cathedral
• The current building
erected between 16751710
• Designed by Sir
Christopher Wren
• Burial and
commemoration place for
around 200 people
• One gallery inside and
two outside the dome –
magnificent views
Westminster Abbey
• A huge Gothic church
• Site of royal
coronations since
1066
• Burial place for
famous British
sovereigns,
politicians, poets and
artists
Buckingham
Palace
• The official London
residence of Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II
• Open for visitors in
August and September
• Every day at 11:30 am
the Changing of the
Guard
• The Mall – a broad
avenue connecting
Trafalgar Square with
Buckingham Palace
Hyde Park
• One of the large parks in
the heart of London
• Covers 140 hectares
• The Serpentine – an
artificial lake
• The Speaker’s Corner –
free speeches on Sunday
mornings
• Many open air concerts
and other special events
Piccadilly Circus
• Lies in the heart of the
entertainment world – the
West End
• Eros Statue
• Famous electric
advertisements, first
installed in 1910
• Considered by many the
first place to go when one
arrives in London
Leicester
Square
• A pedestrianised square
in the centre of the West
End
• Centre of cinema and
theatre land
• tkts - a booth for
purchasing half-price
tickets to many theatre
performances for the
same day
• Monument to William
Shakespeare
The National
Gallery
• London’s leading art
museum
• In Trafalgar Square,
opposite is Nelson’s
Column
• Over 2,300 paintings
from 1260-1900
• All European schools
of art
• Free admission
The Tate
Modern
• Museum of modern
art
• Opened in 2000
• Located in a
reconstructed power
plant at one end of
the Millennium Bridge
• Entrance to the main
exhibition is free
The Globe
Theatre
• Originally built in 1599
• Many Shakespeare’s
plays were written for this
theatre
• The present building is a
copy of the old one
• No roof above the middle
part
• Nowadays a working
theatre and a museum
The London
Eye
• The largest Ferris
wheel in Europe (315
metres high)
• Built to celebrate the
new millennium
• 32 capsules each for
up to 25 people
• One revolution takes
about 30 minutes
The O2
• A huge entertainment
centre on the Greenwich
peninsula
• Built for the year 2000
celebrations
• Houses the O2 indoor
arena (capacity up to
23,000), Vue cinema, a
music club, an exhibition
space and various bars
and restaurants
References
• www.wikipedia.org
• Loko, Tiiu-Mai. Let Us Explore the British
Isles. Koolibri, 2005.
• All photos taken by the author