Lucie Syrová
* The Houses of Parliament * The Tower of London * Buckingham Palace * Westminster Abbey * St Paul's Cathedral * Royal Observatory * London Eye
* The Palace of Westminster * meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords * Perpendicular Gothic style * Big Ben – the great bell in Elizabeth Tower * its chimes – BBC World Service
* Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress * 11th century – White Tower built by William the Conqueror * former royal residence, prison, menagerie * Beefeaters – Yeomen Warders * crown jewels * the ravens
* the official London residence of the British monarch * townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 * state rooms open to the public for most of August and September * Queen's Guard – bearskin * Changing the Guard
* collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster * coronation and burial site for English/British monarchs * royal weddings * mainly Gothic * Poets’ Corner
* seat of the Bishop of London * English Baroque style * 17th century after the Great Fire of London * Sir Christopher Wren * Whispering gallery * important services
* in Greenwich Park * location of the prime meridian * Greenwich Mean Time * scientific work of the observatory relocated elsewhere * museum of astronomical and navigational tools * standard lengths
* giant Ferris wheel * on the South Bank of the River Thames * erected in 1999 * 135 m tall, diameter of 120 m * the most popular paid tourist attraction in the UK
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