Trafalgar Square - Trafalgar Square is in the centre
- of the West End of London. On
- the north side is the National
- Gallery; in the north-east corner
- is the National Portrait Gallery,
- and in the centre is Nelson’s
- Column with the figure of the
- great seaman. It was erected in
- 1840s to celebrate his victory at
- The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
-
Piccadilly Circus - It is conceded to be the real centre
- of London. It is called the circus
- because of its round form. It is
- also the heart of London’s world.
- Within a few hundred yards of it
- there are most of London’s theatres
- cinemas and restaurants. At night it
- is a colourful sight. Also it is the
- favorite place for walking. There is
- a large underground station where
- several different lines meet.
Whitehall - Whitehall is the street in London where many of the British government
- Offices stand. It runs from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square. The
- British government itself is often called Whitehall because there are many
- Government offices in this street. Here we can see the Home Office, the
- Treasury, the War Office, the Admiralty and other government departments,
- Each housed in its own building.
- This street is called so because at one time a big white palace, or hall, stood
- In this street, where kings and their families lived. Only the old Banqueting
- House remains today. It is one of London’s beautiful buildings. It stands
- Opposite the Horse Guards.
- Opposite the Home Office and in the middle of the street is the Cenotaph,
- A monument to fallen in two world wars. It was built in 1920 after World
- War I. every day people put flowers at the foot of the Cenotaph.
Art Galleries - There are very many Art Galleries in London.
- The National Gallery ( 1838) exhibits works of all the European schools of painting of 13th—
- 19th centuries.
- The Tate Gallery ( 1897) houses the more modern British painters. It exhibits a number of
- interesting collection of British and foreign modern painting and also modern sculpture.
- The British Museum is the best-known national museum of antiquities of Egypt and Greece
- and ethnography. Its library has more than 6 mln.books that occupy more than 80 miles of
- shelves.
- The Old Curiosity Shop is also a museum and still not quite a museum. It was described in
- Ch. Dickens's novel and many tourists come to see it as part of Dickens’s London. But it still
- a shop selling antiquities.
- Madam Tussaud’s Museum is an exhibition of hundreds of life-size wax modals of famous
- people of yesterday and today. The collection was started by Madam Tussaud, a French
- modelers in wax, in the 18th century. Here you can meet Marilyn Monroe, Elton John,
- Picasso, the Royal Family, the Beatles and many others: writers, movie stars, singers,
- politicians, sportsmen, etc
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