Colorful London
Colorful London
London is the capital of Britain. It is located in the southeast plain of England. Thames River goes through this city and the estuary is 88 kilometers far from London. The British have lived there about 3000 years. Rome Empire intruded into Britannia Island in 54 B.C and in 43 B.C it came to be the main army service station of Rome. Roman built the first wooden bridge on the Thames River. London was called as “Londinium” in that period. London is a worldfamous cultural city. It is also famous in the tourism industry. There are many famous cultural sites. The developed transportation and ravishing relics make it to be a famous traveling city. There are about eight million people coming to visit London every year.
The largest museum is British Museum which was built in 18th century. There are many ancient cultural relics of Britain and other countries. The London Tower is built on the southeast of Tower Mountain and it had been used as a palace a jail and an archives. It is for the exhibition of crowns and arms now. Westminster Hall is located in the west of Thames and it was built in 750 A.D about eight acres. It is the largest Gothic building of the world which was a palace in the past and now it is the place where the British parliament locates. The Clock Tower is in the northeast of the parliament which is about 97 meters high. The famous Big Ben is about 21 tons with a big pendulum about 305 kilograms. Hyde Park is one of the British interests and it is in the west district of London. It is the largest park in the urban area where there is a free forum and some people give lectures every week. They can say anything except attacking the Queen or advocating violent revolution.
In the west of London there is a Notting Hill. It is hard to believe that there are some huge blocks with foreign style there. It is strange to find these blocks in London which is a city filled with classics. In every summer the Dionysia of Notting Hill will attract many foreign visitors.
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