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Tereza Dubská. London – capital city of Great Britain Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth the Second Prime Minister: David Cameron Mayor of London: Boris Johnson.

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1 Tereza Dubská

2 London – capital city of Great Britain Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth the Second Prime Minister: David Cameron Mayor of London: Boris Johnson Area: 1.572 km 2 Population: 7 556 900 (July 2007) Density: 4.807/km 2

3  a small village by the River Thames  in 43 the Romans came and built a town, city was called Londinium  in 1066, England had a new king – William the Conqueror from France, he built a castle – Tower of London  in 1665, came the worst plague of all (thousands of people were ill, and 100 000 of them died)  in 1666 - The Great Fire of London, it took four days  18th century - Britain was one of the most important countries in the world.  20th century - the Second World War (many buildings were destroyed)

4  Buckingham Palace, Westminster, Big Ben, London Eye, City of London  Trafalgar Square, Picadilly Circus, Oxford Street,… GALERIES:  Tate Modern, National Gallery,… MUSEUMS:  British Museum, Science Museum, Natural History Museum, Sherlock Holmes Museum,… PARKS:  Hyde Park, St. James‘s Park, Kensington Gardens,…

5 Royal residence since 1837 Home of the Queen Elizabeth II

6 Tower - „Her Majesty‘s Royal Palace and Fortress“ - It was prison in 16th and 17th centuries Tower bridge  Built between 1886 and 1894  Famous for hydraulic mechanism

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8  Built in middle ages  Meeting place of the parliament of the United Kingdom – the House of Lord, the House of Commons  Close to Westminster Abbey Goverment buildings: Downing street, Whitehall

9  „Millennium Wheel“  135 m high  Opened in 2000

10  Skycrapers („Cucumber“)  New part of London  Financial, business centre

11 Theatres: The Globe Theatre - Shakespeare West End theatres

12 The British Museum 221b Baker Street National History Museum Science Museum

13  The National Gallery  National Portrait Gallery  Madame Thussauds (wax figures)  Tate Modern

14 Hyde Park St. James‘s Park Kensington Gardens Regent‘s Park London Zoo Green Park

15  Underground (tube) - The oldest in the world, 1863 - Kings Cross Station (most crowded)  Red buses – „Double-deckers“  Overground  Black cabs  Boats  Airports – plane - London Heathrow Airport - the most famous company: British Airways Transport for London – Oyster Card

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17 On the river Thames London River Services - boat transport in London PORTS:  Port of London, Port of Tilbury International shipping:  Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand,…

18  Tower Bridge – hydraulic mechanism  Westminster Bridge  London Bridge  Millenium Bridge

19  Oxford street  Piccadilly Circus  Marble Arch  Camden Town Brands, shops: Debehnhams, Marks and Spencer, Burberry, Dorothy Perkins, PRIMARK, Sainsbury‘s, Harrods,…

20 University of London: - 125 000 students, multi-faculty universities - Largest contact teachning university in Europe  University College London  King‘s College London  Queen Mary  London School of Economics, London Business School  … Primary and secondary schools

21  London – John Excott  En.wikipedia.org/wiki/london  Google.com – pictures of london‘s monuments  Bridge-online.cz – Materials about London  My experience


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