LONDON

London is the capital of England and the United

Kingdom.London's population is 7,421,229 inhabitants ( 1
January 2005 ) in Greater London , to which are added a
few more millions in the metropolitan area
London Thames port , navigable river . River had a major
influence in the development of the city. The city was
founded on the north bank , and until the eighteenth
century there was only one bridge, London Bridge , which
helped the city to develop very north of the river. Thames
plain was fertile ground for expansion of the city , the few
hills ( ex . Parliament Hill , Primrose Hill ) were not
significant obstacles .

After the fall of the Roman Empire, Londinium was

abandoned; west of it appeared in the seventh century
Saxon settlement Lundenwic name, place where today is
Aldwych. At the beginning of the tenth century the old
Roman city was reoccupied. Westminster was originally a
separate city, but eventually London and Westminster
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were integrated and developed together, becoming the

largest city of England and the twelfth century and the
capital of the kingdom.
Between centuries XVI and XX century, London
flourished, the capital of the British Empire. Great Fire of
1666 destroyed much of the city. Reconstruction lasted
over 10 years and was led by Sir Christopher Wren, who,
on that occasion, has designed and built many of
London's iconic buildings today, as it would be for
example Cathedral St. Paul. The city's growth has
accelerated in the eighteenth century, so that the Incept
1800s London was the largest city in the world.
Buildings and monuments
1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf building of the 30 St
Mary Axe ,, ( actual and " Cucumber " or even " vibrator
" ) , Cleopatra's Needle ,
Bank of England , BT Tower,
Cathedral of St. Paul , Westminster Cathedral , Tate
Modern Gallery , St. Station Pancras , Guildhall , Marble
Arch,
Millennium Dome , Monument ,
Buckingham Palace , Hampton Court Palace ,
PalatulKensington , Westminster Palace , the seat of the
English Parliament ; Big Ben clock tower ,
Royal Albert Hall, Boat Man , Hammersmith , London,
Whitehall , the street with most ministries British

BIG BEN
Big Ben is the nickname of the great bell of the clock
tower of the Palace of Westminster in London North ,. This
name used for either the bell and clock tower and even
the clock .Big Ben is the largest bell and clock with four
faces , and third tallest clock tower in the world. The clock
was put into operation on the day of May 31, 1859 .The
nearest metro station is Westminster on lines Circle,
District and Jubilee .
At Westminster has built a clock tower in 1288. The
current tower was erected as part of Charles Barry project
to build a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster
was destroyed by fire on the night of October 16,
1834.The new Parliament was built in Gothic style.
Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he
turned to Augustus Pugin to design clock tower, tower
resembling other towers designed by Pugin, including one
from Scarisbrick Hall. Project Clock Tower was last
conducted by Pugin before going mad and dying, himself
writing at the time when Barry came to him to take the
drawings: "I have never worked so much in my life [that]
for Mr. . Barry for tomorrow give all drawings to complete
its clock tower and beautiful. "The tower is 96.3 m
high.The first 61 m from the base are made of brick
wrapped in colored Anston limestone sand. The
remainder of the tower is made of iron. The tower has its
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basis on a concrete slab 15 square meters and a

thickness of 3 m, located at a depth of 4 m below ground.
The four clock faces are at a height of 55 m. The internal
volume of the tower is 4,650 m.
Although it is one of the most important tourist
attractions in the world, inside the tower is not open to
foreign visitors, only UK citizens can arrange visits (many
days in advance) through their Member of Parliament.
The tower has no elevator, so visitors have to climb all
334 steps to the top.Because of the change of soil from
construction (primarily by the construction of the Jubilee
subway), the tower is slightly tilted to the northwest, with
about 220 millimeters on the clock.

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