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Trafalgar Square
There are always a lot of people
on the square.
Every winter there is a big Christmas
tree which is a gift from Norway in the middle of the square.
On New Year’s Eve people gather around the tree.
In the middle of the square there is Admiral Nelson’s Column.
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Buckingham Palace
This is the Queen’s home.
It was
built in 1703.
There is a great collection of
paintings.
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The Queen of Great Britain
The Queen of Great
Britain is Elizabeth II. Her husband is Duke of
Edinburgh.
They have got 4 grown-up children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
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Westminster Abbey
This is a holy place.
All English kings
have been crowned and buried in the church since
1308.
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Westminster Cathedral
It was built between 1895 and 1903.
This
is the seat of the Cardinal Archbishop and the
leading Roman Catholic Church in England.
Its bell tower is 84 metres high.
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The Houses of Parliament
This big palace is the
most famous building in the world – the British
Parliament.
The building is 280 metres long.
There are more than 1000 rooms.
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Big Ben
Big Ben, the big clock tower, is
the symbol of London. It strikes hours.
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Tower
The Tower of London has been a fortress,
a palace, an arsenal, a mint, a prison, an
observatory, a zoo, the home of the Crown Jewels and a tourist attraction.
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Tower Bridge
The most famous
bridge in London
is a Tower bridge.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
St.Paul’s Cathedral is a famous building
too.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana married here in 1981.
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Double-deckers
There are big red buses called double-deckers in
London.
People sit upstairs and downstairs on these buses.
Tourists like them very much.
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Taxis
Taxis in London are old-fashioned black cars.
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Telephone booths
From here you can call your friends.
