London is th largest city in Britain and one of the largest in the world.Historically, London has become one of the world's most important commercial, trade and cultural centres.
Вложение | Размер |
---|---|
london is the capital of the Great Britain | 14.88 КБ |
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. It is the largest city in Britain and one of the largest in the world. Historically London has become one of the world’s most important commercial, trade and cultural centres. It is political centre as well. London is also an international centre for business, finance and tourism.
London is an ancient city. It is more than twenty centuries old.
Dates of London’s history
AD43-The Romans came to London and built a bridge across the Thames. They gave their settlement a Celtic name, Llyn-din (river place), later called Londinium.
410-The Romans left the London.
604-Lodon workmen built the first St. Paul’s Cathedral.
1066-William. The Conqueror came to London from Normandy.
1081-1097-The White Tower of the Tower of London was built.
1209-London bridge was built of stone.
1348-1349-10000 Londoners died in a plague – the “Black Death”.
1476-William Caxton printed his first book in London.
1577-The first real theatre was opened in London.
1580-Elizabeth I issued a proclamation against expansion outside the walls of London.
1660-The people wanted a king again. Charles II came to London.
1665-Death came to London again. 100000 Londoners died in the “Great Plague”.
1666-The Great Fire of London lost St. Paul’s Cathedral and 89 churches in a big fire.
1675-1708-A new St. Paul’s Cathedral, Wren’s masterpiece, was built.
1694-The Bank of England was established in the City of London.
1740-Westminster Abbey was opened.
1753-Mansion House, official residence of the Lord Mayor of London, was built.
1759-The British Museum was founded by Sir Hans Sloane.
1801-The population of London was 864.000.
1828-The Zoological Gardens, known as the Zoo of London? Were opened.
1829-Sir Robert Peel put the first policemen on London streets.
1830-Buckingham Palace became the royal residence.
1836-London’s first railway station was opened.
1840-1843-Nelson’s Column, monument to Lord Nelson, was built and erected in Trafalgar Square.
1857-The Houses of Parliament were completed.
1863-The first underground trains ran in London.
1872-Albert Memorial, designed by George Gilbert Scott, was erected in Kensington Gardens.
1881-The population of London was 3.300000.
1894- Tower Bridge, London’s river gateway, was built by Sir John Wolfe-Barry.
1911-Queen Victoria Memorial was elected in front of Buckingham Palace.
1920-London Cenotaph, the national war memorial, designed by Edwin Lutyens, was erected in Whitehall.
1952-Elizabeth II became the new Queen.
1961-The population of London reached 8000000.
1965-A new administration, the Greater London Council, was set up to govern London. The Capital’s territory and population were split up into 32 boroughs.
1983-People were moving out of central London. The population of London was 6700000.
2000-Elected Mayor and Assembly introduced for London.
2012-the XXVIth Summer Olympic Games.
The population of London? Including its suburbs, is more than eight million people.
London is situated on the banks of the river Thames, not far from its mouth. Due to its geographical position it has developed into an important sea port.
London does not have just one centre, it has a number of centres: the financial and business centre is the City (spelt with the capital C); the shopping and entertainment centre – the West End; Westminster is the government and political centre; the East End is the working people’s most densely populated district.
London is the city of great variety, ranging from the narrow medieval street-patterns of the City to the spacious neo-classical squares of Belgravia. Two enduring influences have been Sir Christopher Wren (rebuilder of St. Paul’s Cathedral after the Great Fire of 1666), the spires of whose 29 surviving City churches still contribute an imaginative element to the City sky-line; and John Nash, who under the patronage of the Prince Regent, later George IV, at the beginning of the 19th century laid out a large part of London, including Regent’s Park, regent Street and the Mall.
London’s range of historical connections and its buildings attract millions of tourists from overseas each year. The most famous oldest buildings in London include Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London.
The length and Breadth of Greater London extends over an area of 700 square miles. The whole of London is full of buildings of incalculable 6 artistic areas – the City, Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner to the bank of the Thames – providing an unforgettable and impressive image.
Karina Struchkova, Form 8, Sulgachy
Ворона
Хитрость Дидоны
Нора Аргунова. Щенята
Несчастный Андрей
В чём смысл жизни. // Д.С.Лихачев. Письма о добром и прекрасном. Письмо пятое