Theme: London

London (Engl. London [l?nd?n] (i)) - the city, the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Administrative forms a region of England Greater London, divided into 33 self-governing region. Population - 8.4 million people (2013), the second largest city in Europe and the largest in the European Union. Forms an agglomeration of "Greater London" and the broader metropolitan area. Located in the south-east of the island Great Britain, on the plain of the London basin, in the Thames Estuary near the North Sea. Main political, economic and cultural center of the UK. The city's economy is the fifth part of the economy. Refers to the global city of the highest rank, the world's leading financial centers. The historic center formed Westminster and the City, has developed in the Victorian era. Among individual buildings that survived the fire in 1666 - a medieval fortress tower. Founded about 43 years under the name Londinium by the Romans shortly after their invasion of Britain. In I-III centuries - the capital of Roman Britain, with the XI-XII centuries - England, since 1707 - the UK, from the XVI to XX century - the British Empire. From 1825 to 1925, was the largest city in the world.