The most important monuments of London

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The most important monuments

The Tower Bridge

It is a drawbridge overlooking the Thames and, for 90 years, its opening mechanism was an ingenious steam engine, which today is exhibited in the Tower Bridge Exhibition museum space. The two towers, 65 meters high, located on the sides, are fascinating, connected by a pedestrian walkway from which you can admire a spectacular view of London.

Buckingham palace

The building, located between St. James Park, Green Park and Hyde Park, was built in 1705 as the country residence of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham. It was later purchased and renovated by the royal family. The visits, limited to only a part of the palace (about 20 rooms), are available only when the queen and her entourage are in Scotland for holidays.

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey is the most famous religious building in London after Saint Paul's Cathedral, because it is the place of coronations of the sovereigns of England and the burial place of them and more than three thousand important figures of the country. It is located in the Westminster district of London, next to the Houses of Parliament. Today Westminster Abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

London Eye

The London Eye is located in the heart of the capital. Its Ferris wheel makes a 360-degree turn on the River Thames in front of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Reaching 135 metres, the London Eye is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe. A miracle of design and engineering, the wheel has become the modern symbol of the capital and a global icon.

Big Ben

Big Ben is simply the nickname of the Great Bell within the clock itself. The larger structure of the tower has historically been called the Clock Tower. However, in 2012 Members of Parliament decided to rename the tower in homage to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and it was renamed Elizabeth Tower. The clock of the Elizabeth Tower, with its 96 meters of height, houses 5 bells and the largest is Big Ben.

St. Paul's Cathedral

The first Protestant cathedral in the world, and the first largest religious building in Great Britain, St. Paul Cathedral is where some of the most famous events in English history were celebrated, such as the funeral of Admiral Nelson, that of Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, and, more recently, the wedding of Charles and Diana. The style of the building is defined as baroque classicism and its dome, 111 meters high, dominates the entire view of the city.

British Museum

The British Museum which, with over 5 million visitors a year, is one of the largest and most important museums in the history of the world. His birth dates back to the mid-eighteenth century when Sir Hans Sloane, a naturalist doctor, exchanged his collection of plants and various finds with the English crown which gave him 20 thousand pounds in exchange. Thus, in 1759, the British Museum was born and today contains around 8 million objects.

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