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With the rise of England to first European, then global prominence, the city became a great centre of government, industry and culture. London's long association with the theatre, for example, can be traced back to the English Renaissance (witness the Rose Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe and great playwrights, like Shakespeare, who made London their home.

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DESTINATION LONDON: Attractions & Culture
London Museums & Galleries London Museums & Galleries MUSEUMS & GALLERIES OF LONDON
London is home to many museums and galleries which are major tourist attractions. The Natural History Museum, Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum are clustered in South Kensington's museum quarter, while the British Museum houses historic artefacts from around the world ...

London Music & Theatre, London England London Music & Theatre, London England LONDON'S MUSIC & THEATRE
London is one of the major classical and popular music capitals of the world and is home to major music corporations, such as EMI, as well as countless bands, musicians and industry professionals. The city is also home to many orchestras and concert halls, such as the Barbican Arts Centre, Cadogan Hall and the Royal Albert Hall ...

London Palaces & Stately Homes London Palaces & Stately Homes PALACES & STATELY HOMES
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a rallying point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis. Originally known as Buckingham House ...

London Parks & Gardens London Parks & Gardens PARKS & GARDENS OF LONDON
The largest parks in the central area of London are the Royal Parks of Hyde Park and its neighbour Kensington Gardens at the western edge of central London and Regent's Park on the northern edge. This park contains London Zoo, the world's oldest scientific zoo, and is located near the tourist attraction of Madame Tussauds ...

London Pubs & Bars London Pubs & Bars PUBS & BARS OF LONDON
Within the City of Westminster, the entertainment district of the West End has its focus around Leicester Square, where London and world film premieres are held, and Piccadilly Circus, with its giant electronic advertisements. London's theatre district is here, as are many cinemas, bars, clubs and restaurants ...

London Squares & Monuments London Squares & Monuments SQUARES & STREETS OF LONDON
Squares have long been a feature of London. A few, such as Trafalgar Square, were built as public open spaces, like the city squares found in many cities, but most of them originally contained private communal gardens, sometimes known as garden squares, for use by the inhabitants of the surrounding houses ...


ATTRACTIONS OF LONDON
Big Ben, Attractions of London, England BIG BEN
Big Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, and an informal name for the Great Bell of Westminster, the largest bell in the tower and part of the Great Clock of Westminster. The clock tower is located at the north-western end of the building, the home of the Houses of Parliament ...

The London Eye, London The London Eye, London England THE LONDON EYE
The London Eye, sometimes called the Millennium Wheel, is the largest observation wheel in the world (though often erroneously called a Ferris wheel), and has been since its opening at the end of 1999. It stands 135 metres (443 feet) high on the western end of Jubilee Gardens ...

Tower Bridge, London England TOWER BRIDGE
Tower Bridge is a bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name. It is occasionally incorrectly referred to as London Bridge, which is in fact the next bridge upstream. Construction of the bridge started in 1886 and took 8 years ...


LONDON's CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES
St. Paul's Cathedral, Attractions of London, England St. Paul's Cathedral, Attractions of London, England ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, England and the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from the 17th century, and is generally reckoned to be London's fifth St Paul's Cathedral. The cathedral is one of London's most visited sites ...

Temple Church, London England Temple Church, London England TEMPLE CHURCH
The Temple Church is a late 12th century church in London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built for and by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. In modern times, two Inns of Court (Inner Temple and Middle Temple) both use the church, which is famous for its effigy tombs ...

Westminster Abbey, London England WESTMINSTER ABBEY
The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster (Westminster Abbey), a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs. It is located in Westminster, London, just to the west of Westminster Palace ...


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