DESTINATION LONDON: Attractions & Culture
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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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 ...
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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 ...
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ROYAL ALBERT HALL
The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victoria's husband and consort, Prince Albert. It is situated in South Kensington in central London - within the area also known as Albertopolis. It forms the practical part of a national memorial to the Prince Consort ...
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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 ...
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| LONDON's CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES |
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 ...
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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 ...
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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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| LONDON'S PALACES & STATELY HOMES |
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch and the largest working royal palace remaining in the world. In addition to being the London home of HM Queen Elizabeth II, it is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining heads of state ...
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HAMPTON COURT PALACE
Hampton Court Palace is a former royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The palace is located 11.7 miles (18.9 km) south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames. It is currently open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Hampton Court Flower Show ...
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TOWER OF LONDON
The Tower of London is officially Her Majesty's Palace and Fortress, The Tower of London, although the last ruler to reside in it as a palace was King James I (1566-1625). The White Tower, the square building with turrets on each corner that gave it its name, is actually in the middle of a complex of several buildings ...
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WESTMINSTER PALACE
The Palace of Westminster, on the banks of the River Thames in Westminster, London, is the home of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which form the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is also known as the Houses of Parliament ...
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| LONDON'S SQUARES AND MONUMENTS |
LEICESTER SQUARE
Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London. It is within the City of Westminster, and about equal distances (about 0.2 miles or 300 meters) north of Trafalgar Square, east of Piccadilly Circus, west of Covent Garden, and south of Cambridge Circus ...
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TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Trafalgar Square is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The original name was to have been King William the Fourth's Square, but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name Trafalgar Square ...
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