Достопримечательности Англии

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Big Ben

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The world-famous Big Ben clock tower located on the Houses of Parliament in London. The very same parliament building is located on the banks of the Thames at Westminster.? Palace of Westminster had previously served as a refuge for kings, and now here sit the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Inside the building, more than 1,200 rooms and halls, and the whole kilometers of corridors. But the most famous part of the palace is undoubtedly the clock tower Big Ben. Fight those hours you can hear at the beginning of each hour on the radio BBC, and on the night of December 31 to January 1 is the first strike of Big Ben officially announces the start of the new year in the world

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Buckingham Palace

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Buckingham Palace is located across the street Pall Mall and white marble with gilded monument to Queen Victoria. Despite the extravagance apartments of the palace, which houses many heirlooms, not all who lived in it were happy. In the summer palace attracts over 30,000 visitors who take part in receptions in the royal garden, where there is a lake and waterfalls. Complete picture of the natural world flamingo birds, which do not violate the peace, even royal helicopters circling above the garden. It is the place many royal ceremonies. Royal stables with horses, caparisoned with a magnificent state coach, painted by Italian artist Cipriani and more modern carriages and motor vehicles are also open to the public.

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Westminster Abbey

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Westminster Abbey - one of the most remarkable specimens of early English Gothic architecture. Abbey was laid by Edward the Confessor in 1605, on the very spot where 500 years ago, there was a temple. Abbey - as it is popularly called in? England, though officially it is called the "Cathedral Church of St Peter at Westminster" - was built almost entirely in the XIII century, during the reign of King Henry III. There were crowned kings of England for more than 600 years, and is buried here, most of them. The founder is buried in Westminster Abbey, the Chapel of Edward the Confessor, and his tomb, which reflects the following centuries, has been for hundreds of years, a place of pilgrimage.

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Tower of London

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First, the royal family lived in a well-protected white tower, the thickness of the walls of which reaches I5 feet. The so-called "traitors gate," leading to the river, reminiscent of the past, when before they were famous prisoners sentenced to death. With the return of the Stuart monarchy revived the original idea of creating a museum in memory of the military achievements of the King and the country. Today the Tower of London, which already is neither a palace, nor prison, retained traditional features, ranging from clothing Beefeaters (of soldiers) to the Tower of ceremonies.

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The National Gallery

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The National Gallery was founded thanks to King George IV, who demanded the government to purchase a collection of 38 paintings, which included six works by Hogarth. Today it is the center of the world of art. The museum houses ancient works of art, from the newly discovered treasures of ancient Roman period to the copies of "Magna Carta", the Pantheon and sculptures of ancient Egyptian mummies.

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The British Museum

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Queen Victoria's contribution consists in the construction of the famous British Library reading room of the British Museum - a huge cylindrical space with a skylight, whose walls are lined with books. ? The most famous British architect Sir Norman Foster cleared the yard of the museum and blocked its glass roof, creating an unprecedented magnitude and beauty of the atrium. ? And in the center of the light tank flaunts a round building reading room.

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St Paul's Cathedral

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St Paul's Cathedral - a masterpiece created by Sir Christopher Wren. It stands on the same spot where previously there were other temples, the last temple was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Construction of the building of the cathedral began in 1675, and his last stone was laid in 1710. According to the view of many experts, this is is one of the most delightful Renaissance buildings in the world. It should be noted that the size of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral is only surpassed by the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The inner dome is decorated with murals by Sir James Tornhil. The delightful interior of the cathedral are the famous paintings, sculptures and works of art.