London is the capital of the United Kingdom and the largest cities. Located on the River Thames in southern England. Live in the city, about 7.5 million people, of whom about 2.7 in the neighborhoods of Inner London. With a population of around 12,599,561 inhabitants (statistics 2005), making it the largest city in the European Union (Europe without Russia and Turkey) and one of the most important centers of political, economic and cultural rights. Form of the current administrative division of London in April 1, 1965 with the establishment of Greater London. The city has a large number of universities, institutes and museums, and theaters. Also take a lot of international organizations and international companies based in the city.London extends a distance of about 40 km on the banks of the River Thames and an average height of 62 meters above sea level. The city was founded originally on the north bank. The Bridge Tower of London several times over the only bridge that connects both sides of the city together. The center of the city, business district and the important streets on the north bank of the river. With the construction of other bridges and extending rail lines, the city expanded in all directions. The nature of London is generally flat. The River Thames in the past, present than it is now, with the construction of several dams on it. Because of its proximity to the North Sea were exposed to London for a number of floods. Been identified geographical longitude q passes the Royal Astronomical Institute (Royal Observatory) at Greenwich line length zero. It is the day the line is calculated on the basis of the different time zones in the world.Found the city in a moderate climatic zone. Summer is usually warm and cold winter, but the temperature of not less than zero Celsius. July is the hottest months, with an average temperature some 16.3 degrees Celsius while it is 3.9 degrees Celsius in January, which is the coldest month throughout the year. Recorded in London in the summer of 2003 the highest temperature in the history of the city, then reached 37.9 degrees Miaah.
Of the most popular features of the city:
Tower Big Ben: also known as the Clock Tower to the presence of the famous Big Ben in it.
Bridge Tower of London: the first bridge built in the city over the River Thames.
Cathedral of St. Paul: The most important church in London.
Westminster Abbey: its tombs of the kings of the country.
Building the British Parliament: which contains the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
City Hall of London. Building the City of London is the headquarters of the current Mayor of London. The building is located on the southern bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge (The Tower Bridge)
Piccadilly Circus.
Square Piccadilly Circus a month fields of the City of London in the hand and the West End in Westminster. Between the field in 1819 to connect Regent Street. And markets and shops in Piccadilly. The Piccadilly Circus one of the most important destinations of tourists and Londoners alike in terms of this region and around the many entertainment venues, shops, markets, cinemas, theaters, restaurants and cafes, which spread to the proximity of Leicester Square (Leicester Square). And the Center for Truckudero (Truckudero Center) which is part of the London Pavilion (Pavilion of London) London Pavilion. Includes field screens (neon) also includes a large fountain Memorial Memorial fountain. Eros fountain or Eros.
The field of transport as there is in Piccadilly Circus subway station belonging to the subway system of London and called the station Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus station, which runs the Piccadilly line (colored blue), named relative to this field and passes the line Bakougluo (with color light brown) Bakerloo Line. In addition, passing in the field many of the buses, which makes easy access to the field and using public transport.
Royal Palaces of St. James, Kingston, and Buckingham.
Madame Tesod: also known under the name of the Wax Museum. Madame Tesod (English: Madame Tussauds) Wax Museum is the most famous wax museums in the world, headquartered in London and has branches in other countries
This museum called Madame Tissot relative to the founder, Madame Tissot was born, founded this museum in 1761 in Strasbourg and her father died before it was born, took care of a doctor named Curtis, where her mother worked for him .. And her work was the art of dealing with the wax! And I learned from this beautiful art and then continued to have this hobby even established shows her, and eventually established this museum contains statues of figures prominent global in all areas of art, politics, such as Winston Churchill, Hitler, and Shakespeare has its Chamber of Horrors depicting forms of criminality during the French Revolution.
Museums Madame Tesod extended and expanded its branches to become places of tourist attraction in London, and it includes (until recently) Planetarium in London in the west wing. We have expanded the chain branches in Amsterdam and Las Vegas, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Washington, DC, future branches will open in Berlin in July 2008 and Hollywood in 2009
The British Museum.
(English British Museum) in London is the largest museum in the United Kingdom, and one of the most important museums in the history and culture of human beings, where is the oldest museums. Founded in 1753, depending on the sets physicist Sir Hans Sloane. Opened on January 15, 1759 in Bloomsbury, in the same place of the current museum. Contains more than 13 million order from all continents. Developed many of the artifacts below the museum because of space constraints.
National Gallery, London
National Museum ational Gallery, London (Gallery London) founded in 1824, brings together more than 2,300 paintings dating to the mid-thirteenth century to 1900 in a house on the box TRAFALGAR. Collection belongs to the British public, and the main entry is free, and there is a fee for entry to special exhibitions.Gallery of London and one of the most Galerhat in the world as it comprises the work of famous artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Dali, Picasso, Peter Paul Rubens and othersCompared with most European countries, Great Britain delayed the establishment of a national art collection open to the public. This was not for lack of opportunities to do so, because the British government was in a position to buy a special set of international stature in the late eighteenth century, but it did not work. This group is a collection of Sir Robert Walpole, considered, because his descendants to ask the group for sale in 1777. Called MP radical John Wilkes, speaking to the House of Commons, to be built exhibition noble and broad in the garden of the British Museum for the reception of this treasure which is priceless. "The government disregarded the appeal of the Wilkes after 20 years, a group of Sir Robert Walpole in its entirety may be purchased by Catherine the Great; It is now found in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Hermitage Museum holds the Guinness record for the largest collection of paintings in the world.
Museum of Natural History
Natural History Museum in London. The museum was opened in 1881, presents the natural history of the Earth from the prehistoric period to the present day. The museum is particularly famous for display skeletal remains of dinosaurs.
Science Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (English: Wembley Stadium) is a football stadium located in Wembley, London, England, and which is being built in the current period. Once completed, the reconstruction will become the second largest football stadiums in the continent of Europe. And usually called as Wembley.
Wembley Stadium is one of the most football stadiums in the world, being the English national stadium for football since 1923. In 2003 was destroyed after three years of close and open again after reconstruction in 2007.
Formerly known as the "Empire Stadium." The stadium was built for the oldest of the British Empire Exhibition of 1924, a $ 750000 £ in place of the former Tower and Otkins. Sir John Simpson and Maxwell Ayrton were the architects, as Sir Owen Williams engineer and the president. The two towers at the stadium are trademarks of his style,.
The stadium opened in April 28, 1923 by King George V of the United Kingdom
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Of the most popular features of the city:
Tower Big Ben: also known as the Clock Tower to the presence of the famous Big Ben in it.
Bridge Tower of London: the first bridge built in the city over the River Thames.
Cathedral of St. Paul: The most important church in London.
Westminster Abbey: its tombs of the kings of the country.
Building the British Parliament: which contains the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
City Hall of London. Building the City of London is the headquarters of the current Mayor of London. The building is located on the southern bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge (The Tower Bridge)
Piccadilly Circus.
Square Piccadilly Circus a month fields of the City of London in the hand and the West End in Westminster. Between the field in 1819 to connect Regent Street. And markets and shops in Piccadilly. The Piccadilly Circus one of the most important destinations of tourists and Londoners alike in terms of this region and around the many entertainment venues, shops, markets, cinemas, theaters, restaurants and cafes, which spread to the proximity of Leicester Square (Leicester Square). And the Center for Truckudero (Truckudero Center) which is part of the London Pavilion (Pavilion of London) London Pavilion. Includes field screens (neon) also includes a large fountain Memorial Memorial fountain. Eros fountain or Eros.
The field of transport as there is in Piccadilly Circus subway station belonging to the subway system of London and called the station Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus station, which runs the Piccadilly line (colored blue), named relative to this field and passes the line Bakougluo (with color light brown) Bakerloo Line. In addition, passing in the field many of the buses, which makes easy access to the field and using public transport.
Royal Palaces of St. James, Kingston, and Buckingham.
Madame Tesod: also known under the name of the Wax Museum. Madame Tesod (English: Madame Tussauds) Wax Museum is the most famous wax museums in the world, headquartered in London and has branches in other countries
This museum called Madame Tissot relative to the founder, Madame Tissot was born, founded this museum in 1761 in Strasbourg and her father died before it was born, took care of a doctor named Curtis, where her mother worked for him .. And her work was the art of dealing with the wax! And I learned from this beautiful art and then continued to have this hobby even established shows her, and eventually established this museum contains statues of figures prominent global in all areas of art, politics, such as Winston Churchill, Hitler, and Shakespeare has its Chamber of Horrors depicting forms of criminality during the French Revolution.
Museums Madame Tesod extended and expanded its branches to become places of tourist attraction in London, and it includes (until recently) Planetarium in London in the west wing. We have expanded the chain branches in Amsterdam and Las Vegas, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Washington, DC, future branches will open in Berlin in July 2008 and Hollywood in 2009
The British Museum.
(English British Museum) in London is the largest museum in the United Kingdom, and one of the most important museums in the history and culture of human beings, where is the oldest museums. Founded in 1753, depending on the sets physicist Sir Hans Sloane. Opened on January 15, 1759 in Bloomsbury, in the same place of the current museum. Contains more than 13 million order from all continents. Developed many of the artifacts below the museum because of space constraints.
National Gallery, London
National Museum ational Gallery, London (Gallery London) founded in 1824, brings together more than 2,300 paintings dating to the mid-thirteenth century to 1900 in a house on the box TRAFALGAR. Collection belongs to the British public, and the main entry is free, and there is a fee for entry to special exhibitions.Gallery of London and one of the most Galerhat in the world as it comprises the work of famous artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Dali, Picasso, Peter Paul Rubens and othersCompared with most European countries, Great Britain delayed the establishment of a national art collection open to the public. This was not for lack of opportunities to do so, because the British government was in a position to buy a special set of international stature in the late eighteenth century, but it did not work. This group is a collection of Sir Robert Walpole, considered, because his descendants to ask the group for sale in 1777. Called MP radical John Wilkes, speaking to the House of Commons, to be built exhibition noble and broad in the garden of the British Museum for the reception of this treasure which is priceless. "The government disregarded the appeal of the Wilkes after 20 years, a group of Sir Robert Walpole in its entirety may be purchased by Catherine the Great; It is now found in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Hermitage Museum holds the Guinness record for the largest collection of paintings in the world.
Museum of Natural History
Natural History Museum in London. The museum was opened in 1881, presents the natural history of the Earth from the prehistoric period to the present day. The museum is particularly famous for display skeletal remains of dinosaurs.
Science Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (English: Wembley Stadium) is a football stadium located in Wembley, London, England, and which is being built in the current period. Once completed, the reconstruction will become the second largest football stadiums in the continent of Europe. And usually called as Wembley.
Wembley Stadium is one of the most football stadiums in the world, being the English national stadium for football since 1923. In 2003 was destroyed after three years of close and open again after reconstruction in 2007.
Formerly known as the "Empire Stadium." The stadium was built for the oldest of the British Empire Exhibition of 1924, a $ 750000 £ in place of the former Tower and Otkins. Sir John Simpson and Maxwell Ayrton were the architects, as Sir Owen Williams engineer and the president. The two towers at the stadium are trademarks of his style,.
The stadium opened in April 28, 1923 by King George V of the United Kingdom
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