Презентація "London. Sightseeing Tour."

WELCOME TO LONDON! Presentation by Protsenko ZhannaBila Tserkva

SIGHTS OF LONDON The Tower of London Tower Bridge The Houses of Parliament St. Paul’s Cathedral Big Ben Buckingham Palace Westminster Abbey

THE TOWER OF LONDON

TOWER BRIDGE

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT Home of the British Government, the building is actually called the Palace of Westminster, but is more commonly known as the Houses of Parliament.These are the elected House of Commons and the House of Lords, made up of hereditary and life peers

BIG BEN Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster  in London The size of Big Ben (including the tower) is 96.3 meters. Big Ben’s clock is the biggest four faced clock on the planet. The hour hand is 3.2 m (8 feet) long. By contrast the minute hand is 4.3 meters (14 feet) long. Big Ben chimes every fifteen minutes and can be heard for up to 8 kilometers around.

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

WESTMINSTER ABBEY Westminster Abbey, London church that is the site of coronationsand other ceremonies of national significance. It stands just west of the Houses of Parliament in the Greater London borough of Westminster. Situated on the grounds of a former Benedictine monastery, it was refounded as the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster by Queen Elizabeth I in 1560. In 1987 Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret’s Church, and the Houses of Parliament were collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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