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1 Places of interest in England Kateřina Široká

2 London

3 Houses of Parliament Seat of the British parliament Big Ben – part of Houses of Parliament

4 Buckingham Palace Residence of the queen Change of the Guard every day, takes 45 minutes

5 Tower of London Founded by William the Conqueror in 1066-7 royal palace and fortress, prison and place of execution, mint, arsenal, menagerie and jewel house.

6 Guarded by the Beafeeters Their number is 36 Ravens

7 St, Paul‘s Cathedral the masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren. Built between 1675 and 1710 Whispering gallery

8 Westminster Abbey many kings, queens, poets, writers and other famous inhabitants of the UK are buried there

9 Other places 8 Royal parks Maritime Greenwich Trafalgar square with Nelson Column National gallery National Museum Tower bridge Museum of wax statues London Eye …

10 Windsor

11 one of three official residences of The Queen the largest inhabited castle in the world and the oldest in continuous occupation

12 Oxford The oldest university in England Founded in 13th century

13 One of the highlights of Oxford is the Radcliffe Camera on Radcliffe Square designed by James Gibbs in the English Baroque style

14 Stonehenge

15 Located on Salisbury plain Built aproximately in 4th millenary B.C. Calendar? Ritual place? Astronomical clock?

16 Winchester the most important city in England until the eleventh century

17 Cathedral where kings were crowned Castle – the Round Table of king Arthur

18 The English Lake District National Park

19 885 square miles in size 1800 miles of footpaths

20 Bath Built by Romans Few kilometres southwards from Bristol Gothic cathedral

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22 Exeter One of the liveliest cities in the southwest Cathedral - England’s finest example of decorated Gothic architecture

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