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THE UNITED
KINGDOM
(HISTORY, PLACES OF INTEREST)
• 70-410: under Rome´s domination
• since 9th century: existence of Scottish kingdom and
English kingdom → independent states
• 1284: Welsh kingdom under English kingdom´s
domintion
• 1707: Act of union=England+Wales+Scotland→Kingdom
of Great Britain
• 1800: Act of Union= Kingdom of Great
Britain+Kingdom of Ireland→United kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland
HISTORY
• 1920: distribution the Republic of Ireland (2 partsSouth Ireland x North Ireland)
• 1922: independent of the Republic of Ireland
• 1927: rename→United kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland
• after industrial revolution and the Napoleonic´s
wars→the most important world power (then time)
• 19th century→important role in the development of
parliamentarism
HISTORY
• the end of Victorien era→lost status of most
industrialized superpower (German, USA)
• 1921: origin of BBC
• WW2: beats German
• after 1945:origin of comprehensive medical and
social system
HISTORY
PLACES OF INTEREST
• the biggest sightseeing wheel in
the Europe
• 31.12.1999:opened→May 2000:
for public
• Guinness World records
• January 2015: sponsor will be
Coca-Cola
LONDON EYE
• PoW= is the meeting place of
the House of Commons and the House
of Lords (the two houses of
the Parliament of the United Kingdom)
• commonly known as the Houses of
Parliament
• BB=nickname for clock tower
(Elizabeth Tower)
• the biggest bell
BIG BEN AND PARLAMENT
(PALACE OF WESTMINSTER)
• ToL:official name= Her Majesty´s Palace and
Fortress
• →fortress, armory, treasury, mint, palace, place
of execution,… (past)
• TB=bascule bridge over the River Thames
• 1894: opened
• ! shipping is superior to road transport
TOWER AND TOWER BRIDGE
• =official london manor house for british
monarch and the biggest royal workroom
in the world
• →the London residence of Queen
Elizabeth II.
• →the venue for events of national
importance and events organized by the
Justice
• →place the official welcoming heads of
state
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
• informal names:Gherkin, Swiss Re
Tower,..
• ! In London City
• high:180 m
• builders: sir Norman Foster and Ken
Shuttleworth
30 ST MARY AXE
• = the second largest lake in
Scotland
• Loch Ness´s monster → Nessie
• ↑real or fake?
LOCH NESS
• =complex menhirs and stone circles
• Salisbury Plain
• →burial ground and religious
things
STONEHENGE
• =geological formation
• →volcanic eruption→40 000 basalt
colums
• 1986: List of World Heritage in Europe
• Legend about the origin
GIANT´S CAUSEWAY
WALES
• 4.A
• KRISTÝNA BOUČKOVÁ
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION.
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