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    London is the capital of the United Kingdom located in southeast England on the River Thames. It has a population of around 8 million people, making it one of the largest cities in Europe. Some of London's most famous landmarks include Big Ben, the clock tower on the Houses of Parliament building; the Tower of London, a former fortress that now houses the Crown Jewels and ravens; Tower Bridge, the iconic bridge across the Thames; and Trafalgar Square, centered around Nelson's Column commemorating Lord Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. Buckingham Palace is the Queen's residence, and there are several royal parks like Hyde Park, the largest, and St. James's Park, the oldest and smallest.

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    London is the capital of the United Kingdom located in southeast England on the River Thames. It has a population of around 8 million people, making it one of the largest cities in Europe. Some of London's most famous landmarks include Big Ben, the clock tower on the Houses of Parliament building; the Tower of London, a former fortress that now houses the Crown Jewels and ravens; Tower Bridge, the iconic bridge across the Thames; and Trafalgar Square, centered around Nelson's Column commemorating Lord Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. Buckingham Palace is the Queen's residence, and there are several royal parks like Hyde Park, the largest, and St. James's Park, the oldest and smallest.

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    London is the capital of the United Kingdom located in southeast England on the River Thames. It has a population of around 8 million people, making it one of the largest cities in Europe. Some of London's most famous landmarks include Big Ben, the clock tower on the Houses of Parliament building; the Tower of London, a former fortress that now houses the Crown Jewels and ravens; Tower Bridge, the iconic bridge across the Thames; and Trafalgar Square, centered around Nelson's Column commemorating Lord Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. Buckingham Palace is the Queen's residence, and there are several royal parks like Hyde Park, the largest, and St. James's Park, the oldest and smallest.

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    London is the capital of the United Kingdom located in southeast England on the River Thames. It has a population of around 8 million people, making it one of the largest cities in Europe. Some of London's most famous landmarks include Big Ben, the clock tower on the Houses of Parliament building; the Tower of London, a former fortress that now houses the Crown Jewels and ravens; Tower Bridge, the iconic bridge across the Thames; and Trafalgar Square, centered around Nelson's Column commemorating Lord Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. Buckingham Palace is the Queen's residence, and there are several royal parks like Hyde Park, the largest, and St. James's Park, the oldest and smallest.

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     London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic and

    commercial centre. It is one of the largest cities in world and the


    largest city in Europe. Its population about 8 million.
     London is one of the oldest and most interesting
    cities in the world .
     It is in the South East of England on the river Thames.
    BIG BEN
    It is a long grey building with towers. The large clock in one of the towers
    is known as “Big Ben”. You can hear the sound of “Big Ben” every hour
    in London. The clock and the bell got their names after Sir Benjamin Hall.
    The members of the British Parliament work in this building
    The White Tower
    It was a fortress, a palace, a prison and the King’s Zoo. Now it is a museum. You can
    see a lot of interesting things in the halls of this building. In the White tower there is
    a Jewel House, which contains the famous Crown Jewels. Twelve black ravens live
    in it. People believe that London will be rich while the ravens live there. The men
    who guard the Tower are the Warders or the Beefeaters.
    Tower Bridge
     Tower Bridge is a tall structure. It was built across the Thames in 1894. It is
    most famous bridge in the world
    Trafalgar Square

    Trafalgar Square is the geographical


    centre of London. It was named in
    memory of Admiral Nelson’s victory
    in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The
    tall Nelson’s Column stands in the
    middle of the square. The monument
    includes four bronze lions. There are
    two fountains in it
    Buckingham palace is
    Buckingham Palace
    the London home of
    the kings and queens
    of this country.
    It is a wonderful
    building .The Queen
    Victoria Memorial is
    situated in front of it.
    It takes you ten
    minutes to get from
    this building to
    Trafalgar Square,
    which in the centre of
    London.
    Every day a new
    guard of 30
    guardsmen marches
    to the palace and
    takes the place of the
    old guard.
    There are some great parks in London. More popular of them is:
     St . James`s Park

    St . James`s Park is the oldest and the smallest of the royal parks. It is near Buckingham
    Palace
     Hyde Park

    Hyde Park is royal park since 1536. This park is the largest one of the royal parks. Hyde
    Park was created for hunting.
     Regent‘s Park

    It contains Regent's University London and it is the home of the


    London Zoo
    THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION !

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