Презентация "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"

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Great Britain consists of 4 parts England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland

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Big Ben Big Ben - The clock on the tower of Big Ben is renowned for its reliability and accuracy. Designed clock and watchmaker lawyer amateur Edmund Beckett Denison

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Tower of London Tower of London-one of the main symbols of the UK

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Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace was originally known as Buckingham House and was built for the Duke of Buckingham (1703). It was purchased by King George III

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symbol of Great Britain the first picture of arms in Northern Ireland . In 1972, the Northern Ireland flag was removed from the official address . the second picture you can see the flag of Northern Ireland . the third picture shows the flag of the kingdom of Wales

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flag and coat of arms of Scotland

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Nature UK On natural features of UK is very similar to the neighboring countries of Western Europe. Nevertheless, Britain's insular position, the proximity of the warm North Atlantic Current and strong compartmentalization coastline left a definite imprint on the nature of this country. In the UK, a dense network of large rivers (the Thames, Severn and others), many of which are connected by channels. In Scotland and Ireland, many lakes (Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, Scotland, etc., Lough Neagh in the North. Ireland). The mountains dominate the moors, heaths, used as pasture for sheep.

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Locn – ness The lake is well known in the world thanks to the legend of the Loch Ness monster. There are numerous commercial routes around the lake for tourists wishing to enjoy the beautiful nature and perhaps see the mythical monster.

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Loch-Ness monster The first written mention of the mysterious creatures that live in the waters of Loch Ness date back to the VI century AD . . Moved in medieval folklore Celtic legend about a water spirit Келпи , mentioned during the first peak of observations monsters in 1933-1934 biennium, describes the water spirit lake like a horse with a long neck and a very small head. Seeing random traveler Келки lured him, putting his glossy back - as if offered to take - and attracted the unsuspecting people under the water. The first documented information on monitoring beings on the lake belong to the time of the construction of a military road General Wade on the South Bank (XVIII century) - then blasting of Фойерса scared off two huge hidden monsters. During the nineteenth century came message, описывавшие gigantic салмандр . In General, the «monster» seems to be for a long time he has calmed, but suddenly in 1880 in full calm and clear sky on the lake turned over and sank together with people of a small sailboat. Immediately remembered about the monster benefit there were people who saw him. So began the legend of the Loch ness monster.