WELCOME TO LONDON! презентация

Sasha Krylov, a Russian boy travelling around Great Britain.

of the square there is a big column. At the top of the column there is a statue of Admiral Nelson who defeated the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

the street and visited the Houses of Parliament. The British government is there.
It was built in1840. The style is rich Gothic.

a clock tower 316 feet high (95 m). It’s situated in Saint Stephen’s Tower of the Houses of Parliament. It is called after Sir Benjamin Hall who rebuilt it. The great clock was installed in the Tower in 1858.

Palace, so we went there next. It’s the London home of the Queen. We couldn’t go in because the palace isn’t open to the public.

Buckingham Palace. The new guard led by a band arrived to take over from the old guard. The ceremony lasted half an hour

It’s a famous museum of wax figures.

people in the world. I took a lot of pictures there. Here is a picture of me with the Beatles.

we went to the London Eye. It’s on the Thames. It’s the largest observation wheel in the world and it’s very popular with tourists.

is the deepest and most beautiful river in London.

to rest in Hyde Park. It is the most famous park in London. It was a pleasure to watch Londoners walk and jog in the Park, eat their sandwiches, talk, sunbathe, read books and enjoy music. There were no signs like “Do not walk on the grass”.

Tower of London which was a fortress, a castle, a royal mint, a prison and a zoo. Now it’s the oldest museum in London.

London. The most famous thing in the Tower of London are the Crown Jewels. They have the biggest diamond in the world – the “Star of Africa”.

over Tower Bridge.
There are 14 bridges across the Thames in the city. Tower Bridge is the only Thames bridge which can be raised when big ships come up to the bridge

Three hundred years ago it was a village and now it’s a part of London. There is Greenwich Palace here. Queen Elizabeth I lived in it.

Greenwich Observatory. It is the centre of the time and space.

from west passes there. If you stand over the line, you can have one foot in each hemisphere.

of Britain’s national daily newspapers. Printers have been working in Fleet Street since 1485.

Britain.
St Paul’s Cathedral was built between 1675 and 1710 by Sir Christopher Wren. It is 111 metres high.

the biggest shopping street in London. You can buy a lot of presents for your family in its stores.

in London. There are six floors with millions of toys.