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1 AROUND AROUND LONDON LONDON

2 British Museum – front view British Museum – front view

3 British Museum- interior

4 British Museum- reading room British Museum- reading room

5 British Museum- Assyrian sculpture British Museum- Assyrian sculpture

6 British Museum – Cyrus cilinder British Museum – Cyrus cilinder Is a document issued by the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great in the form of a clay cylinder inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform script.The cylinder was created following the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, when Cyrus overthrew the Babylonian king Nabonidus and replaced him as ruler, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Is a document issued by the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great in the form of a clay cylinder inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform script.The cylinder was created following the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, when Cyrus overthrew the Babylonian king Nabonidus and replaced him as ruler, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire.Cyrus the GreatAkkadianNeo-Babylonian EmpireCyrus the GreatAkkadianNeo-Babylonian Empire

7 British Museum- Sculptures British Museum- Sculptures

8 The Houses of Parliament The Houses of Parliament

9 Big-Ben by night and by day Big-Ben by night and by day The clock tower was built at Westminster in 1288. The clock tower was built at Westminster in 1288.

10 At the base of each clock face in gilt letters is the Latin inscription: “DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM PRIMAM “ Which means O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria the First. Latin The tower is designed in Gothic Revival style, and is 96.3 metres high (roughly 16 stories). The tower is designed in Gothic Revival style, and is 96.3 metres high (roughly 16 stories). Gothic Revival Gothic Revival The clock faces are large enough to have once allowed the Clock Tower to be the largest four- faced clock in the world. The clock faces are large enough to have once allowed the Clock Tower to be the largest four- faced clock in the world.

11 Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus

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13 Piccadily Circus panorama Piccadily Circus panorama

14 Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English. Is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English.

15 Westminster Abbey- the cloister Westminster Abbey- the cloister

16 Edward’s Coronation Chair Edward’s Coronation Chair

17 Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey The plan of construction 1894 The plan of construction 1894

18 10 Downing Street (Colloquially known in the United Kingdom as “Number 10”) Is the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury and hence Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Is the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury and hence Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.First Lord of the TreasuryPrime Minister of the United KingdomFirst Lord of the TreasuryPrime Minister of the United Kingdom Almost three hundred years old, the building contains about one hundred rooms. Almost three hundred years old, the building contains about one hundred rooms.

19 The Barbican Art Centre- interior The Barbican Art Centre- interior

20 The Barbican Art Centre- outside The Barbican Art Centre- outside

21 The Buckingham Palace The Buckingham Palace

22 Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square

23 Trafalgar Square by night- the fountains Trafalgar Square by night- the fountains

24 Trafalgar Square at Christmas Trafalgar Square at Christmas

25 Trafalgar Square from 1908 to 2009 Trafalgar Square from 1908 to 2009

26 St. Paul’s Cathedral St. Paul’s Cathedral

27 St. Paul’s Cathedral- the interior St. Paul’s Cathedral- the interior

28 St. Paul’s Cathedral- The Dome St. Paul’s Cathedral- The Dome

29 Cathedral's organ Cathedral's organ

30 The Cathedral seen from above The Cathedral seen from above

31 St. Paul’s Cathedral- picturesque St. Paul’s Cathedral- picturesque

32 The statue of St. Paul The statue of St. Paul

33 Madame Tussaud’s -wax museum Madame Tussaud’s -wax museum

34 W. Churchill -Tussaud’s first wax sculpture W. Churchill -Tussaud’s first wax sculpture

35 Wax figures Wax figures

36 The National Gallery The National Gallery

37 The National Gallery- by night The National Gallery- by night Next is the church St. Martin in the Fields Next is the church St. Martin in the Fields

38 Caravaggio- The boy peeling fruits Michelangelo- Mona Lisa Michelangelo- Mona Lisa

39 Rubens Rembrandt Rubens Rembrandt

40 Tower Bridge Tower Bridge

41 One of the towers seen from the bridge One of the towers seen from the bridge

42 The Tower Bridge open The Tower Bridge open

43 The Tower Bridge seen from above The Tower Bridge seen from above

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