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London

the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland

Population

• about 8 million

London

• It is one of the largest cities in the world and the largest city in Europe.

LONDON

• Traditionally it is divided into several parts,
• the City,
• Westminster,
• the West End and
• the East End.
• They are very different from each other.

The City

• the oldest part of London, its financial and business centre

Places of interest in the City

• The Tower of London

A Flemish gun in the Tower of London

The Tower

St. Paul’s Cathedral

• Fleet Street

Modern architecture in the City,

• showing the
• American
• influence

Westminster the aristocratic official part

• The Queen’s London home

Buckingham Palace

The Houses of Parliament

Big Ben, symbol of London

Tower Bridge at night

Westminster Abbey

The Royal Mounted Guards in Whitehall

Horseguards Parade

The West End

• the richest and the most beautiful part of London.
• The best hotels, restaurants, shops, clubs, parks and houses are situated there.
• There are many tourists there from different countries of the world.

Trafalgar Square

• The church of
• St. Martin-
• in-the Fields

Nelson’s Column

• Built in honour of
• Admiral Nelson

The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square

• It contains one of the finest permanent collections of major Western European paintings

Piccadilly Circus

The British Museum

The Greenwich Observatory

Oxford Street, London’s main shopping street in the heart of the West End