Презентация на тему Hyde Park

in west London, and one of the Royal Parks

of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.

Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was

designed by Joseph Paxton.

mass demonstrations. The Chartists, the Reform League, the Suffragettes

and the Stop The War Coalition have all held protests in the park. Many protesters on the Liberty and Livelihood March in 2002 started their march from Hyde Park.

Serpentine and the Long Water. The park is contiguous

with Kensington Gardens. Hyde Park covers 142 hectares.

as Queen Elizabeth Gate, at Hyde Park Corner next

to Apsley House, was erected from the designs of Decimus Burton in 1824–25.

Corner, Diana, Princess of Wales memorial fountain, another memorial

in the park commemorates the victims of 7/7 terrorist attacks.
A botanical curiosity is the Weeping Beech, Fagus sylvatica pendula, cherished as "the upside-down tree“.

famous rock concerts. Queen played here in one of

their most popular shows, in 1976. It is estimated that 150–200 thousand people turned up for the event. However, the record concert attendance is probably for the 1969 concert by the Rolling Stones. According to much of the press, the crowd then was estimated between 250,000 and 500,000.