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London
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- is situated in the South-East of England

- lies western from the Themsemouth


- capital of Great Britain

- there live neary 7-8 Mio people

- City of London was former Londinium

- today this part is the business an financial part of London with an area of 2,7 km²

- Great London, that is City od London and the 32 district = 1580 km²




History



- during England was conquered by the Angeln and Sax London has no importance

- with the conquest of the Normanns came upturn

- à William the conqueror was first king who was crowned in the Westminster Abbey

- in the end of the 12 century the citizens´ elected her first mayor

- 1348 first plaque - black death

- 1665 renewed plaque à Great Plaque and the Great Fire destroey the town

- in the 19 century the number of inhabitant incresed immense

- in the first world war, no damage in London

- in the second ww the air strikes destroyed nearly all the town à 10 000 were killed and 17 000 iniured persons

- but till the end of the fifties the most was rebuilt




Buildings / Sights



- Post Office Tower - constuct in 1965, height: 189 m

- National Westminster Bank Building - was built 1979, height 183 m

- highest building (224 m) - the Canary Wharf Towrk in Docklands

- Saint Paul´s Cathedral - which have a 110 m dome, was built after 1666, architect: Christopher Wren

- Big Ben - bell tower of the House of Paliament, named after the politican Sir Benjamin Hall, bell weight: 13,5 tonne (tan)

- Tower of London - it was the exprison, was built by William the Conqueror in defence

- Tower Bridge - was finished 1894, bridge over Themse at the Tower of London

- House of Parliament - British Central Office of Information

- Buckingham Palace - in district Westminster, residence of the brit. Queen

- Westminster Abbey - since 1066 the place where kings and queens are crowed

- London Dungeon - cabinet of spook near the Tower Bridge

- Madame Tussard´s - Museum, where famous personalities are showed as wax figures




The Town



- East, North/East: an area where mainly workers live à East End

- - home of immigrants, it is poor but lively an industryly

- West, North/West of the City: Inns of Court

- - West: Bloomsbury, the favourite place of intelectual in the twenties

- - West End - from downtown to the West: famous theatre an shopping streets

- - (in the South of WE: South Bank Arts Complex à National Theatre, Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery)

- South: district of administration, district of the gouvernment with the Whitehall

- - Palace of Westminster - seat of parliament

- - Saint James Palace (where the Prince of Wales live)

- - Buckingham Palace (the residence of the Queen in London)




London´s cultural diversity




- Museums

- - British Museum in Bloomsbury (biggest and famous museum global with 6 Mio Ausstellungsstücken of all type and the brit. State library)

- - Victotia and Albert Museum in South Kensington (art treasures from all over the world)

- - National Gallery on the Trafalgar Square (worldwide the collection with the most different kinds of painting)

- - Museum of London (shows the histoy of the capital)

- - National - Portrait - Gallery (more than 9000 portraits)

- - Tate Gallery (collection of britisch paintings since the 16 century)


- Theatres

- - National Thaetre of the National Theatre Company in South Bank

- - Barbicans Centre of the Royal Shakespeare Company


- - Victoria Theatre


- Opera and Concert Halls

- - Royal Opera House in Covent Garden

- - Royal Festival Hall in Westminster


- Parks

- - altogether 215 parks with an area of 220 km²

- - famous: Hyde Park, Regent Park, Green Park


- Universities

- - University College in Bloomsbury

- - University College Hospital


- - King´s College

- - Royal Academy of Music

- - Royal College of Art




Inhabitants




- ethnic struckture:


- about 5 Mio whites

- 400 000 Indians, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Westindians and Africans

- more than 147 languages were speaken




Traffic



- two airports (biggest one: heathrow)

- very big underground, more than 270 stations

- many thousand famous british taxis




Economy




- very important: stock market

- insurance companies - London thanks to them his prosperity

- important revenue source: tourism

- producing industry lost the importance - only 10 %

- - pressure and publishing companies

- - pharmacic and electric produktion


- - textilies industry

- - brewery

 
 

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