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London Places

london places vocab

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Big Ben 13 1/2 bell inside the tower over a radio(famous during WW1) lights on Parliament)part of Westminster abbey(tower)
Westminster Abbey 1065 started by Edward the Confessor, kings are buried,crowned, and usually married
Buckingham Palace Royal residence, Flag up Queen is there
Queen's Life Guards protects the Queen, have to be recognized in the English military before becoming a guard
Trafalgar Square in the heart of London, a tourist place, statue of Lord Nelson who fought Napoleon in 1805,180 ft high
Piccadilly Circus Night Life in London
St. Paul's Cathedral Built by Christopher Ren, 1708 finished, Diana married there
Tower of London 1066 by William of France as a forte,a royal residence, a zoo,political prison,museum and treasury
Tower Bridge Built in Gothic Style as the Tower of London/1910 to 1983 hydrolic bridge never failed
House of Parliament Kind of like Congress, by Thames River(Tims)
Whitehall Street Gov't offices are located
Cenotaph Tall monument made of Portland marble memorial for WW1 has Roman reefs on it
10 Downing Street david cameron lives there prime minister
Marble Arch tri-arch/by George 3rd 1851 moved it
Hyde Park green grass and Speakers Corners
St. James Park used to be hunting place for Henry the 8th now public park by king of Scotts
Victoria Embankment cleaning the slums
British Telecom Tower used to be post office/radio tower/viewing/ revolving restaurant
Old Curiosity Show 1567 made/Charles dicken wrote about it
Waterloo Bridge modern bridge
Royal Festival Hall center of England culture
Westminster Bridge between parliament bridge
Charing Cross memorial for edward 1st wife elenor 10 built
Admiralty Arch memorial for queen Victoria 1910
The Strand main street of london
High Altar priest buried last supper/ Edward/ the altar
Coronation Chair Built-Edward 1st for the Stone of Destiny
RAF Chapel for the RAF for the Battle of Britain
Rose Window Jesus in middle and lesser around looks like a rose/ 1st author buried their Chaucer
Tomb of Henry V his encove has his broad sword, shield, helmet and sattle
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