Westminster is the political center of London

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Westminster is the political center of London

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2. back to Westminster
3. Buckingham Palace Westminster Abbey The Thames 10 Downing Street back to Westminster
4. The View From The Eye back to Westminster
5. Big Ben Houses of Parliament Whitehall Parliament Square back to Westminster
6. 10 Downing Street If you go down Whitehall from Trafalgar Square on the right you will
7. Westminster Abbey History Westminster Abbey is on the other side of Parliament Square. It’s a symbol
8. History The legend says that Westminster Abbey was founded (было основано) by St Peter himself. We
9. Poet's Corner back to Westminster Abbey Some English famous people are buried in Westminster Abbey. There
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11. back to Westminster Abbey The Abbey with its two tall towers are really wonderful.
12. The Thames The river Thames is the second largest river in Great Britain. Its 346 kilometers
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24. Buckingham Palace The Queen of England Elizabeth the Second lives in Buckingham Palace. It is a
25. Central Balcony You can see the Queen and the Royal family on the Central Balcony on
26. Royal Garden back to Buckingham Palace There is the Royal Garden around the Palace with lots
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29. Garden Parties Every summer the Queen invites thousands of guests to her Garden Party. click to
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31. Queen's Gallery There is the Queen’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace. You can see pictures, portraits of
32. Rooms There are six hundred rooms in the Palace. The Grand Ballroom back to Buckingham Palace
33. The Music Room The White Drawing Room The Throne Room back to Rooms more pictures
34. back to Rooms The Grand Stairs
35. Changing the Guard back to Buckingham Palace The Guard Change takes place (happens) at 11:30 every
36. Houses of Parliament The Houses of Parliament is on the left of Parliament Square. It is
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39. back to Guided Tour Big Ben People often think that Big Ben is a tower. It’s
40. Parliament Square Parliament Square is rather big. Whitehall leads to it. On the right of the
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42. Whitehall Whitehall is a wide street leading from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square. more pictures back
43. The end of Whitehall. This is the site of the first traffic lights in the world.
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Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
The Thames
10 Downing Street
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The View From The Eye
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Big Ben
Houses of Parliament
Whitehall
Parliament Square
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10 Downing Street
If you go down Whitehall from Trafalgar Square on

the right you will see a small street where the British Prime Minister lives. He lives at number 10 Downing Street.

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Westminster Abbey
History
Westminster Abbey is on the other side of Parliament Square.

It’s a symbol of England. Westminster Abbey is very old – more than nine hundred years old. The coronation of all British kings and queens takes place in it. Many English kings and queens are buried here.

Poet's Corner

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Pictures

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History
The legend says that Westminster Abbey was founded (было основано) by

St Peter himself. We know that Westminster Abbey was built by King Edward in 1065.

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King Edward

St Peter

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Poet's Corner
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Some English famous people are buried in

Westminster Abbey. There is Poet’s Corner in the Abbey. Many great writers are buried there. For example, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling.

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Rudyard Kipling

Charles Dickens

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The Abbey with its two tall towers are

really wonderful.

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The Thames
The river Thames is the second largest river in Great

Britain. Its 346 kilometers long. The Thames has always been the part of London’s history. In Roman times Londinium was a small town with the river Thames in the middle. Nowadays London is a large city but the Thames is still in its center. There are more than twenty bridges over the Thames.

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Buckingham Palace
The Queen of England Elizabeth the Second lives in Buckingham

Palace. It is a wonderful building with a monument in front of it. It is the Queen Victoria Memorial.

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Garden

Central Balcony

Rooms

Changing the Guard

Queen's Gallery

Garden Parties

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Central Balcony
You can see the Queen and the Royal family on

the Central Balcony on very important days – weddings, coronations, Queen’s official birthday.

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Royal Garden
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There is the Royal Garden around the

Palace with lots of trees and flowerbeds. You can find a lake with pink flamingos in it.

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Pictures

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Garden Parties
Every summer the Queen invites thousands of guests to her

Garden Party.

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Queen's Gallery
There is the Queen’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace. You can

see pictures, portraits of the members of the Royal family and the royal furniture.

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Rooms
There are six hundred rooms in the Palace.
The Grand Ballroom
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Buckingham Palace

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The Music Room
The White Drawing Room
The Throne Room
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The Grand Stairs

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Changing the Guard
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The Guard Change takes place (happens)

at 11:30 every day.

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Houses of Parliament
The Houses of Parliament is on the left of

Parliament Square. It is a long grey building with towers. The country’s leaders speak in the Houses of Parliament. They are the voice of the British people.

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Big Ben
People often think that Big Ben is

a tower. It’s not right. Big Ben is the name of the clock and the bell of the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. You can hear the sound of Big Ben every hour in London. The clock and the bell got their names after Sir Benjamin Hall. He was a tall man, whose nickname was Big Ben.

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